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dc.contributor.authorJames, Marykutty-
dc.contributor.authorPaul, Biswajit-
dc.contributor.authorDevasia, Jincy-
dc.contributor.authorIndulekha, Kavila-
dc.date.accessioned2011-04-08T06:59:29Z-
dc.date.available2011-04-08T06:59:29Z-
dc.date.issued2011-01-
dc.identifier.citationMonthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 2010, Vol.410, p1489en
dc.identifier.issn0035-8711-
dc.identifier.issn1365-2966 (Online)-
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/2289/3999-
dc.descriptionRestricted Access. An open-access version is available at arXiv.org (one of the alternative locations)en
dc.description.abstractAfter a long quiescence of three decades, the transient X-ray pulsar 4U 1901+03 became highly active in 2003 February. From the analysis of a large number of Rossi X-ray Timing Explorer/Proportional Counter Array (RXTE/PCA) observations of this source, we report here the detection of X-ray flares, a broadening of the pulse-frequency feature and quasi-periodic oscillations (QPOs). The X-ray flares showed spectral changes, had a duration of 100-300 s, and were more frequent and stronger during the peak of the outburst. In most of the observations during the outburst we also detected a broadening of the pulse-frequency peak. We have also found intensity-dependent changes in the pulse profile at very short time-scales. This reveals a coupling between the periodic and the low-frequency aperiodic variabilities. In addition, near the end of the outburst we have detected a strong QPO feature centred at ˜0.135 Hz. The QPO feature is broad with a quality factor of 3.3 and with an rms value of 18.5 ± 3.1 per cent. Using the QPO frequency and the X-ray luminosity during the QPO detection period we estimated the magnetic field strength of the neutron star as 0.31 × 1012 G which is consistent with the value inferred earlier under the assumption of spin equilibrium.en
dc.language.isoenen
dc.publisherWiley-Blackwell for the RASen
dc.relation.urihttp://adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2011MNRAS.410.1489Jen
dc.relation.urihttp://arxiv.org/abs/1008.2815en
dc.relation.urihttp://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-2966.2010.17543.xen
dc.rights2010 The authors & the Royal Astronomical Societyen
dc.subjectindividual: 4U 1901+03en
dc.subjectstars: neutronen
dc.subjectpulsars: individualen
dc.subject4U 1901+03en
dc.subjectX-rays binariesen
dc.subjectX-rays starsen
dc.titleFlares, broadening of the pulse-frequency peak and quasi-periodic oscillations in the transient X-ray pulsar 4U 1901+03en
dc.typeArticleen
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