2019ApJ...883L..11M


Query : 2019ApJ...883L..11M

2019ApJ...883L..11M - Astrophys. J., 883, L11-L11 (2019/September-3)

Discovery of a pulse-phase-transient cyclotron line in the X-ray pulsar GRO J2058+42.

MOLKOV S., LUTOVINOV A., TSYGANKOV S., MEREMINSKIY I. and MUSHTUKOV A.

Abstract (from CDS):

We report the discovery of absorption features in the X-ray spectrum of the transient X-ray pulsar GRO J2058+42. The features are detected around ∼10, ∼20, and ∼30 keV in both NuSTAR observations carried out during the source type II outburst in spring 2019. The most intriguing property is that the deficit of photons around these energies is registered only in the narrow phase interval covering around 10% of the pulsar spin period. We interpret these absorption lines as a cyclotron resonant scattering line (fundamental) and two higher harmonics. The measured energy allow us to estimate the magnetic field strength of the neutron star as ∼1012 G.

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Journal keyword(s): Binary pulsars - Neutron stars - X-ray binary stars

Simbad objects: 2

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Number of rows : 2
N Identifier Otype ICRS (J2000)
RA
ICRS (J2000)
DEC
Mag U Mag B Mag V Mag R Mag I Sp type #ref
1850 - 2026
#notes
1 V* V2246 Cyg HXB 20 32 15.2749858128 +37 38 14.843024844   22.16 19.41 17.32 15.18 B0Ve 480 0
2 GRO J2058+42 HXB 20 58 47.5371521256 +41 46 37.180486128   15.97 14.74 14.74 13.35 O9.5-B0IV-Ve 95 0

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