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1999ApJ...521L..49H - Astrophys. J., 521, L49-L53 (1999/August-2)

Discovery of a third harmonic cyclotron resonance scattering feature in the X-ray spectrum of 4U 0115+63.

HEINDL W.A., COBURN W., GRUBER D.E., PELLING M.R., ROTHSCHILD R.E., WILMS J., POTTSCHMIDT K. and STAUBERT R.

Abstract (from CDS):

We have discovered a third harmonic cyclotron resonance scattering feature (CRSF) in observations of the recent outburst of 4U 0115+63 with the Rossi X-Ray Timing Explorer (RXTE). The spectrum in a narrow pulse phase range shows CRSFs at 12.40+0.65–0.35, 21.45+0.25–0.38, and 33.56+0.70–0.90 keV. With centroid energy ratios to the fundamental of 1.73±0.08 and 2.71±0.13, the CRSFs are not harmonically spaced. Strong variability of the continuum and CRSFs with pulse phase indicate a complex emission geometry near the neutron star polar cap. In addition, one RXTE observation, which spanned periastron passage, revealed a strong 2 mHz quasi-periodic oscillation (QPO). This is slower by 2 orders of magnitude than the beat-frequency QPO expected in this system and slower by a factor of more than 5 compared with other QPOs seen in accreting X-ray pulsars.

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Journal keyword(s): Stars: Individual: Alphanumeric: 4U 0115+63 - Stars: Neutron - X-Rays: Stars

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