pith. machine review for the scientific record. sign in

arxiv: astro-ph/0004297 · v1 · submitted 2000-04-20 · 🌌 astro-ph

Recognition: unknown

Multiple Cyclotron Lines in the Spectrum of 4U 0115+63

Authors on Pith no claims yet
classification 🌌 astro-ph
keywords linephasepulsarspectrumaccretingagreementappearscomplex
0
0 comments X
read the original abstract

We report phase resolved spectroscopy of the transient accreting pulsar, 4U0115+63. For the first time, more than two cylotron resonance scattering features are detected in the spectrum of an X-ray pulsar. The shape of the fundamental line appears to be complex, and this is in agreement with predictions of Monte-Carlo models. As in other pulsars, the line energies and optical depths are strong functions of pulse phase. One possible model for this is an offset of the dipole of the neutron star magnetic field.

This paper has not been read by Pith yet.

discussion (0)

Sign in with ORCID, Apple, or X to comment. Anyone can read and Pith papers without signing in.