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Two cyclotron lines in Vela X-1?

Authors :
Kreykenbohm, I.
Kretschmar, P.
Wilms, J.
Staubert, R.
Heindl, W. A.
Gruber, D. E.
Rothschild, R. E.
Source :
AIP Conference Proceedings. 2001, Vol. 599 Issue 1, p702. 4p.
Publication Year :
2001

Abstract

We present the spectral analysis of our 35 ksec continuous RXTE observation of the High Mass X-ray Binary Vela X-1. The spectral models used normally to describe pulsar spectra like a power law with an exponential cutoff or the NPEX model (Negative Positive EXponential), do not work for our data. Our successful model consists of two NPEX components: one is heavily absorbed, while the other is due to reflection. But we still find large deviations around ∼21 keV and ∼50 keV. We interpret the feature at ∼55 keV as a cyclotron absorption line while the lower deviation might be due to instrument calibration problems around 25 keV in the PCA. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Subjects

Subjects :
*X-ray binaries
*SPECTRUM analysis

Details

Language :
English
ISSN :
0094243X
Volume :
599
Issue :
1
Database :
Academic Search Index
Journal :
AIP Conference Proceedings
Publication Type :
Conference
Accession number :
6295550