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On the cyclotron line in Cepheus X-4
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McBride, V. A., Wilms, J., Kreykenbohm, I., Coe, M. J., Rothschild, Richard E., Kretschmar, P., Pottschmidt, K., Fisher, J. and Hamson, T. (2007) On the cyclotron line in Cepheus X-4. Astronomy & Astrophysics, Vol.470 (No.3). pp. 1065-1070. doi:10.1051/0004-6361:20077238 ISSN 0004-6361.
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Official URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20077238
Abstract
Context. Accreting X-ray pulsars provide us with laboratories for the study of extreme gravitational and magnetic fields, hence accurate descriptions of their observational properties contribute to our understanding of this group of objects.
Aims. We aim to detect a cyclotron resonance scattering feature in the Be/X-ray binary Cep X-4 and to investigate pulse profile and spectral changes through the outburst.
Methods. Spectral fitting and timing analysis are employed to probe the properties of Cep X-4 during an outburst in 2002 June.
Results. A previously announced cyclotron feature at 30.7 keV is confirmed, while the source shows spectral behaviour and luminosity related changes similar to those observed in previous outbursts. The long-term X-ray lightcurve shows a periodicity at 20.85 d, which could be attributed to the orbit in this Be system.
| Item Type: | Journal Article | ||||
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| Subjects: | Q Science > QB Astronomy | ||||
| Divisions: | Faculty of Science, Engineering and Medicine > Science > Physics | ||||
| Library of Congress Subject Headings (LCSH): | Pulsars, Stars -- Magnetic fields, X-ray binaries, X-ray sources, Galactic -- Accretion, Cyclotrons | ||||
| Journal or Publication Title: | Astronomy & Astrophysics | ||||
| Publisher: | EDP Sciences | ||||
| ISSN: | 0004-6361 | ||||
| Official Date: | August 2007 | ||||
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| Volume: | Vol.470 | ||||
| Number: | No.3 | ||||
| Page Range: | pp. 1065-1070 | ||||
| DOI: | 10.1051/0004-6361:20077238 | ||||
| Status: | Peer Reviewed | ||||
| Access rights to Published version: | Open Access (Creative Commons) | ||||
| Funder: | National Research Foundation (South Africa), British Council, University of Southampton |
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