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We present the timing and spectral analysis of the HMXB source 4U 1538-522 using NuSTAR observations. One of the observations partially covers the X-ray eclipse of the source along with eclipse ingress. The source is found to spin down at…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2023-10-02 Ruchi Tamang , Manoj Ghising , Mohammed Tobrej , Binay Rai , Bikash Chandra Paul

4U 1538-522 is a persistent high mass X-ray binary which exhibits secular spin evolution. In 2019, it underwent a torque reversal from spinning up to spinning down. We performed an extensive study using four NuSATR observations to compare…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2024-06-19 Y. F. Hu , L. Ji , C. Yu

We present a spectral and timing analysis of INTEGRAL observations of two high mass X-ray binaries, 4U 1538-522 and 4U 1907+09. Our timing measurements for 4U 1538-522 find the pulse period to have exhibited a spin-up trend until…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2015-06-17 Paul Hemphill , Richard Rothschild , Isabel Caballero , Katja Pottschmidt , Matthias Kuehnel , Felix Fuerst , Joern Wilms

After about 18 years of steadily spinning down, the accretion-powered pulsar 4U 1626-67, experienced a torque reversal at the beginning of 2008. For the present study we have used all available Fermi/GBM data since its launch in 2008 June…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2010-01-06 A. Camero-Arranz , M. H. Finger , N. R. Ikhsanov , C. A. Wilson-Hodge , E. Beklen

We present a comprehensive analysis of X-ray pulsar 4U 1626-67 during its current spin-down (2SD) state, following a recent torque reversal. Since its discovery, this ultra-compact binary has experienced multiple torque states,…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2023-08-16 Rahul Sharma , Chetana Jain , Biswajit Paul

We report X-ray observations of the High Mass X-ray Binary (HMXB) pulsar 4U 1907+09. Spectral and Timing analysis of the source has been performed using NuSTAR observation. Timing analysis of the photon events revealed the coherent X-ray…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2022-11-14 Mohammed Tobrej , Binay Rai , Manoj Ghising , Ruchi Tamang , Bikash Chandra Paul

Recent X-ray observations by Fermi/GBM discovered a new torque reversal of 4U 1626-67 after 18 years of steady spinning down. Using Swift/BAT observations we were able to center this new torque reversal on Feb 4 2008, lasting approximately…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2009-12-22 A. Camero-Arranz , M. H. Finger , N. R. Ikhsanov , C. A. Wilson-Hodge , E. Beklen

We report the X-ray characteristics of the persistent X-ray pulsar 4U 1626-67 using simultaneous NuSTAR and NICER observations. The X-ray pulsar 4U 1626-67 has just encountered a torque reversal in 2023 and is presently in the spin-down…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2024-01-26 Mohammed Tobrej , Ruchi Tamang , Binay Rai , Manoj Ghising , Bikash Chandra Paul

This work presents a comprehensive timing and spectral analysis of high-mass X-ray binary pulsar, OAO 1657-415 by using the observation made with Nuclear Spectroscopic Telescope Array (NuSTAR) on June 2019. During this observation, OAO…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2021-12-08 Prince Sharma , Rahul Sharma , Chetana Jain , Anjan Dutta

This work presents timing and spectral analysis of 4U 2206+54 using data obtained from LAXPC instrument onboard India's AstroSat mission. This source was observed with AstroSat in September 2016 and October 2016. We report detection of…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2022-12-28 Chetana Jain , Ajay Yadav , Rahul Sharma

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…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2024-04-24 Mohammed Tobrej , Binay Rai , Manoj Ghising , Bikash Chandra Paul

We have performed a comprehensive spectral and timing analysis of the first NuSTAR observation of the high-mass X-ray binary 4U 1538-522. The observation covers the X-ray eclipse of the source, plus the eclipse ingress and egress. We use…

We report results of a spectral and timing analysis of the poorly studied transient X-ray pulsar 2S 1553-542 using data collected with the NuSTAR and Chandra observatories and the Fermi/GBM instrument during an outburst in 2015. Properties…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2016-01-27 Sergey S. Tsygankov , Alexander A. Lutovinov , Roman A. Krivonos , Sergey V. Molkov , Peter J. Jenke , Mark H. Finger , Juri Poutanen

We report the results of temporal and spectral analysis performed on the X-ray pulsar 4U 1538-52 observed by BeppoSAX. We obtained a new estimate of the spin period of the neutron star P=528.24 \pm 0.01 s (corrected for the orbital motion…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-07 N. R. Robba , L. Burderi , T. Di Salvo , R. Iaria , G. Cusumano

The high mass X-ray binary pulsar 4U 1538-52 was observed between July 31 and August 7, 2003. Using these observations, we determined new orbital epochs for both circular and elliptical orbit models. The orbital epochs for both orbit…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-11 A. Baykal , S. C. Inam , E. Beklen

We present an analysis of the spectral shape and pulse profile of the accretion-powered pulsar 4U 1626-67 observed with Suzaku and NuSTAR during a spin-up state. The pulsar, which experienced a torque reversal to spin-up in 2008, has a spin…

We report results from an $AstroSat$ Target-of-Opportunity (ToO) observation of 4U 1626$-$67, performed on 2023 May 18, soon after the discovery of torque reversal to spin-down in the source. The X-ray emission exhibited significant…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2025-03-10 Rahul Sharma , Chetana Jain , Biswajit Paul , Aru Beri

Using X-ray data from the Rossi X-Ray Timing Explorer (RXTE), we report the pulse timing results of the accretion powered high mass X-ray binary (HMXRB) pulsar 4U 1907+09 covering a time span of almost two years. We measured three new pulse…

Astrophysics · Physics 2016-08-30 A. Baykal , C. Inam , M. A. Alpar , J. in't Zand , T. Strohmayer

We report on an observation of the low-mass X-ray binary 4U1626-67 performed during the BeppoSAX Science Verification Phase. An absorption feature at ~37 keV, attributable to electron cyclotron resonance, has been discovered in its pulse…

We present the results obtained from the analysis of high mass X-ray binary pulsar 4U 1909+07 using NuSTAR and Astrosat observations in 2015 and 2017 July, respectively. X-ray pulsations at $\approx$604 s are clearly detected in our study.…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2020-08-26 Gaurava K. Jaisawal , Sachindra Naik , Wynn C. G. Ho , Neeraj Kumari , Prahlad Epili , Georgios Vasilopoulos
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