Astronomy and Astrophysics – Astrophysics
Scientific paper
2003-07-22
Astrophys.J.600:358-367,2004
Astronomy and Astrophysics
Astrophysics
Accepted for publication on ApJ
Scientific paper
10.1086/379645
We report on the results from two BeppoSAX observations of the Z source GX 349+2 performed in February 2001 and covering the broad energy range 0.12-200 keV. The light curve obtained from these observations shows a large flaring activity, the count rate varying from ~130 to ~260 counts/s, indicating that the source was in the flaring branch during these observations. The average spectrum is well described by a soft blackbody and a Comptonized component. To well fit the energy spectrum three gaussian lines are needed at 1.2 keV, 2.6 keV, and 6.7 keV with corresponding equivalent widths of 13 eV, 10 eV, and 39 eV, probably associated to L-shell emission of Fe XXIV, Ly-alpha S XVI, and Fe XXV, respectively. These lines may be produced at different distances from the neutron star, which increase when the count rate of the source increases. An absorption edge is also needed at 9 keV with an optical depth of ~3 10^{-2}. From the Color-Color Diagram (CD) we selected five zones from which we extracted the corresponding energy spectra. The temperatures of the blackbody and of the Comptonized component tend to increase when the intensity of the source increases. We discuss our results comparing them to those obtained from a previous BeppoSAX observation, performed in March 2000, during which the source was a similar position of its Z-track. In particular we find that, although the source showed similar spectral states in the 2000 and the 2001 observations, a hard tail, that was significantly detected in March 2000, is not observed in these recent observations.
Burderi Luciano
Frontera Filippo
Iaria Rosario
Robba Natale Renato
Salvo Tiziana Di
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