Hard X-ray observations of the X-ray pulsar A0535+26

Details Hard X-ray observations of the X-ray pulsar A0535+26 Hard X-ray observations of the X-ray pulsar A0535+26

1998-04-18

arxiv.org/abs/astro-ph/9804181v1

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astrophysics

15 pages

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We present the results of the observations of the giant bursts from the X-ray pu lsar A0535+26 made by HEXE onboard Mir-Kvant in April 1989, November 1993 and February 1994. The pulse periods were measured, pulse profiles in different energy bands were produced, and their variability was investigated. The power density spectra (PDS) in 2x10^(-3)-1 Hz range is presented, which shape is typical for flicker-noise processes, usually observed in black hole candidates. The noise rms grows with energy from ~20% at 20 keV to ~30% at 80 keV. The source photon spectrum in the 15-200 keV energy range and its variability over the pulse phase are reported. Approximately the shape of the spectrum can be described by the "canonical" model for X-ray pulsars with power-law index g~1.1, cut-off energy E_c~23 keV and folding energy E_f~19 keV. All these parameters are weakly dependent on the luminosity. The most significant deviation from this continuum is observed at ~100 keV in the spectrum of the main pulse maximum. This feature is interpreted as a cyclotron line. Comparison of the HEXE data with the data from BATSE/CGRO (Bildsten et al., 1997) shows that in the high luminosity state (L~10^38 erg/s) the pulsar's pulse profile differs substantially from the pulse profile in the low-luminosity (L~5x10^36 erg/s) state. This difference is explained by the qualitative change of the polar cap structure with formation of the accretion columns.

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