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We present an analysis of X-ray spectra of the high mass X-ray binary 4U 0115+634 as observed with Suzaku and RXTE in 2011 July, during the fading phase of a giant X-ray outburst. We used a continuum model consisting of an absorbed cutoff…

We present an extended study of the Be/X-ray pulsar 2S 1553-542 during its Type II outbursts. We have incorporated \emph{NICER, Swift-XRT, RXTE-PCA, \emph{NuSTAR} and FERMI} observations to carry out the detailed phase and time resolved…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2023-05-10 Binay Rai , Biswajit Paul , Mohammed Tobrej , Manoj Ghising , Ruchi Tamang , Bikash Chandra Paul

An overview of the results of observations for the transient X-ray pulsar 4U 0115+63, a member of a binary system with a Be star, since its discovery to the present day (~40 years) based on data from more than dozen observatories and…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2015-06-16 P. A. Boldin , S. S. Tsygankov , A. A. Lutovinov

We present the results obtained from timing and spectral studies of the newly discovered accreting X-ray binary pulsar Swift J0243.6+6124 using a NuSTAR observation in 2017 October at a flux level of ~280 mCrab. Pulsations at 9.85423(5) s…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2017-11-30 Gaurava K. Jaisawal , Sachindra Naik , J. Chenevez

The transient 500 s X-ray pulsar MAXI J1409-619 was discovered by the slit cameras aboard MAXI on October 17, 2010, and soon after accurately localized by Swift. We found that the source position was serendipitously observed in 2000 during…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2015-03-17 Mauro Orlandini , Filippo Frontera , Nicola Masetti , Vito Sguera , Lara Sidoli

We present results of observations of the transient X-ray pulsar V0332+53 performed during a very powerful outburst in Dec, 2004 -- Feb, 2005 with the INTEGRAL and RXTE observatories in a wide (3-100 keV) energy band. A cyclotron resonance…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-11 S. S. Tsygankov , A. A. Lutovinov , E. M. Churazov , R. A. Sunyaev

Resonant absorption cyclotron features are a key diagnostic tool to directly measure the strength of the magnetic field of accreting neutron stars. However, typical values for cyclotron features lie in the high-energy part of the spectrum…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2012-08-02 A. D'Aì , G. Cusumano , V. La Parola , A. Segreto , T. Di Salvo , R. Iaria , N. R. Robba

We report on analysis of the poorly studied source 2RXP J130159.6-635806 at different epochs with ASCA, Beppo-SAX, XMM-Newton, and INTEGRAL. The source shows coherent X-ray pulsations at a period ~700s with an average spin up rate of about…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-13 M. Chernyakova , A. Lutovinov , J. Rodriguez , M. Revnivtsev

Rossi X-ray Timing Explorer (RXTE)/Proportional Counter Array (PCA) observations of IGR J19294+1816 covering two outburst episodes are reported. The first outburst happened during MJD 54921-54925 (2009 C.E.) and the second one happened…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2017-11-07 Jayashree Roy , Manojendu Choudhury , P. C. Agrawal

The Be/X-ray binary 3A 0535+262 has the highest magnetic field determined by cyclotron line studies of all accreting X-ray pulsars, despite an open debate if the fundamental line was rather at ~50 or above 100 keV as observed by different…

We present a spectral study of the ultraluminous Be/X-ray transient pulsar Swift J0243.6+6124 using Neutron Star Interior Composition Explorer (NICER) observations during the system's 2017--2018 giant outburst. The 1.2--10~keV energy…

Swift J1734.5-3027 is a hard X-ray transient discovered by Swift while undergoing an outburst in September 2013. Archival observations showed that this source underwent a previous episode of enhanced X-ray activity in May-June 2013. In this…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2015-07-01 E. Bozzo , P. Romano , M. Falanga , C. Ferrigno , A. Papitto , H. A. Krimm

The persistent Be/X-ray binary RX J0440.9+4431 flared in 2010 and 2011 and has been followed by various X-ray facilities Swift, RXTE, XMM-Newton, and INTEGRAL. We studied the source timing and spectral properties as a function of its X-ray…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2015-06-15 C. Ferrigno , R. Farinelli , E. Bozzo , K. Pottschmidt , D. Klochkov , P. Kretschmar

Here we summarise the Swift broadband observations of the recently discovered X-ray transient and black hole candidate, XTE J1752-223,obtained over the period of outburst from October 2009 to June 2010. We offer a phenomenological treatment…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2011-04-06 P. A. Curran , P. Casella , T. J. Maccarone , P. A. Evans , W. Landsman , H. A. Krimm , C. Brocksopp , M. Still

We present a detailed timing and spectral analysis of the Be X-ray binary SWJ2000.6+3210 discovered by the BAT Galactic plane survey. Two Suzaku observations of the source made at six months interval, reveal pulsations at ~ 890s for both…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2015-06-16 Pragati Pradhan , Chandreyee Maitra , Biswajit Paul , B. C. Paul

The binary X-ray pulsar A0535+262 was observed with the Suzaku X-ray observatory, on 2005 September 14 for a net exposure of 22 ksec. The source was in a declining phase of a minor outburst, exhibiting 3--50 keV luminosity of about $3.7…

A0535+26 is a slowly rotating pulsar accreting from the wind of a massive Be star, and that exhibits two cyclotron absorption lines in its X-ray spectrum, at about 45 and 100 keV, respectively. Unlike similar sources, no significant…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2015-04-16 Nicola Sartore , Elisabeth Jourdain , Jean-Pierre Roques

A Be/X-ray binary system known as RX J0440.9+4431 (or LS V +44 17) is a potential member of the uncommon gamma-ray binary class. With an orbital period of 150 days, this system consists of a neutron star and a Be star companion. The MAXI…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2024-02-09 Arshad Hussain , Umananda Dev Goswami

We present new results from INTEGRAL and Swift observations of the hitherto poorly studied and unidentified X-ray source XTE J1906+090. A bright hard X-ray outburst (luminosity of $\sim$10$^{36}$ erg s$^{-1}$ above 20 keV) has been…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2023-05-24 V. Sguera , L. Sidoli , A. J. Bird , N. La Palombara

GRO J1750-27, discovered during an outburst in 1995 with CGRO-BATSE, is one of the farthest known galactic Be-X-ray binary systems. This relatively poorly studied system recently went into an outburst in September 2021. The source was…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2022-05-25 Ashwin Devaraj , Biswajit Paul