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2020MNRAS.493.3045B - Mon. Not. R. Astron. Soc., 493, 3045-3053 (2020/April-1)

Possible detection of a new cyclotron feature in 4U 1700-37.

BALA S., ROY J. and BHATTACHARYA D.

Abstract (from CDS):

We present a spectral and timing study of the high-mass X-ray binary transient source 4U 1700-37 using NuSTAR and ASTROSAT/LAXPC. The source is observed in two different flux states. A combined spectral analysis of NuSTAR's focal plane modules A and B shows the possible hint of a cyclotron line feature at ∼16 keV. The line feature is consistently present in different continuum models with at least 3σ confidence level. We do not detect the presence of a previously reported 39 keV cyclotron line in the combined spectra. A ∼16 keV cyclotron feature would suggest that the compact object is a neutron star with a magnetic field strength ∼2.1 x 1012 G in the emission region. We also find the presence of a rare Ni Kα emission line around 7.6 keV in the NuSTAR spectrum. We searched the NuSTAR and ASTROSAT data for coherent or quasi-periodic oscillation signals but found no evidence in the frequency range 0.1 mHz to 103 Hz.

Abstract Copyright: © 2020 The Author(s) Published by Oxford University Press on behalf of the Royal Astronomical Society

Journal keyword(s): magnetic field - binaries: eclipsing - stars: individual: 4U 1700-37

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