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Two cyclotron lines in Vela X-1?
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AIP Conference Proceedings . 2001, Vol. 599 Issue 1, p702. 4p. - Publication Year :
- 2001
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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 :
- *X-ray binaries
*SPECTRUM analysis
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Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 0094243X
- Volume :
- 599
- Issue :
- 1
- Database :
- Academic Search Index
- Journal :
- AIP Conference Proceedings
- Publication Type :
- Conference
- Accession number :
- 6295550