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A&A
Volume 465, Number 2, April II 2007
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Page(s) | L21 - L24 | |
Section | Letters | |
DOI | https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20067032 | |
Published online | 20 February 2007 |
Letter to the Editor
A 0535+26 in the August/September 2005 outburst observed by RXTE and INTEGRAL
1
Institut für Astronomie und Astrophysik, Sand 1, 72076 Tübingen, Germany e-mail: isabel@astro.uni-tuebingen.de
2
INTEGRAL Science Operations Centre, European Space Astronomy Centre (ESAC), Apartado 50727, 28080 Madrid, Spain
3
GACE, Instituto de Ciencias de los Materiales, Universidad de Valencia, PO Box 20085, 46071 Valencia, Spain
4
Instituto di Astrofisica Spaziale e Fisica Cosmica (IASF-INAF), Via La Malfa 153, 90146 Palermo, Italy
5
Universities Space Research Association, NASA Marshall Space Flight Center, XD12, Huntsville, AL, USA
6
INTEGRAL Science Data Centre, 16 Ch. d'Écogia, 1290 Versoix, Switzerland
7
School of Physics and Astronomy, Southampton University, Highfield, S017 1BJ, UK
8
CASS, University of California at San Diego, La Jolla, CA 92093-0424, USA
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Dr. Remeis Sternwarte Bamberg, Sternwartstr. 7, 96049 Bamberg, Germany
Received:
27
December
2006
Accepted:
17
February
2007
Aims. In this Letter we present results from INTEGRAL and RXTE
observations of the spectral and timing behavior of the High Mass X-ray Binary
A 0535+26 during its August/September 2005 normal (type I) outburst
with an average flux mCrab.
The search for cyclotron resonance scattering features (fundamental
and harmonic) is one major focus of the paper.
Methods. Our analysis is based on data from INTEGRAL and RXTE Target of Opportunity Observations performed during the outburst. The pulse period is determined. X-ray pulse profiles in different energy ranges are analyzed. The broad band INTEGRAL and RXTE pulse phase averaged X-ray spectra are studied. The evolution of the fundamental cyclotron line at different luminosities is analyzed.
Results.The pulse period P is measured to be
103.39315(5) s at MJD 53614.5137. Two absorption features are detected in the phase averaged spectra
at keV and
keV. These can be interpreted as the fundamental
cyclotron resonance scattering feature and its first harmonic and
therefore the magnetic field can be estimated to be
G.
Key words: X-rays: binaries / stars:magnetic fields / stars: individual: A 0535+26
© ESO, 2007
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