We gratefully acknowledge support from
the Simons Foundation and member institutions.
Full-text links:

Download:

Current browse context:

astro-ph.HE

Change to browse by:

References & Citations

Bookmark

(what is this?)
CiteULike logo BibSonomy logo Mendeley logo del.icio.us logo Digg logo Reddit logo

Astrophysics > High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena

Title: NuSTAR detection of a broad absorption line in IGR J06074+2205

Abstract: We present the broadband X-ray study of the BeXRB pulsar IGR J06074+2205 using NuSTAR observations. The temporal and spectral characteristics of the source are investigated. We detect coherent X-ray pulsations of the source and determine the spin period evolution. Using the current spin period data of the source, we show that the source is spinning down at 0.0202(2)\; s\; $day^{-1}$. The pulse profiles are found to evolve with energy and luminosity. Another interesting feature of the source is that the pulse profiles are dual peaked. The dual-peaked pulse profile is characterized by a decreasing secondary peak amplitude with increasing energy. We also observed a proportionate increase in the primary peak amplitude as the energy increases. The pulse fraction exhibits an overall increasing trend with the energy. The X-ray continuum of the source indicates the existence of a characteristic absorption feature with a centroid energy $\sim 55$ keV, which may be interpreted as a cyclotron line. We estimate the corresponding magnetic field strength to be $\sim4.74\times10^{12}$ G. A peculiar `10 keV' absorption feature is observed in the X-ray spectra of the second observation.The luminosity measurements predict that the source may be accreting in the sub-critical regime.
Comments: 7 pages, 8 figures, 3 tables (ACCEPTED FOR PUBLICATION)
Subjects: High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena (astro-ph.HE)
Cite as: arXiv:2404.14805 [astro-ph.HE]
  (or arXiv:2404.14805v1 [astro-ph.HE] for this version)

Submission history

From: Manoj Ghising [view email]
[v1] Tue, 23 Apr 2024 07:34:36 GMT (1073kb)

Link back to: arXiv, form interface, contact.