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Title: Pulsating soft components in the Accreting X-ray pulsars LMC X-4 and SMC X-1
Authors: Naik, S.
Paul, Biswajit
Issue Date: Mar-2003
Publisher: The Astronomical Society of India
Citation: Bulletin of the Astronomical Society of India, 2003, Vol. 31, p371-373
Abstract: We report here spectral study of two accreting binary X-ray pulsars LMC X-4 and SMC X1 made with the Beppo-SAX observatory. The energy spectrum of both the pulsars in 0.1-10.0 keV band can be described by a model consisting of a hard power-law component, a soft excess and an iron emission line at 6.4 keV. In addition, the power-law component of SMC X-1 also has an exponential cutoff at ~ 6 keV. Pulse-phase resolved spectroscopy confirms a pulsating nature of the soft spectral components in both the pulsars, with a certain phase offset compared to the hard power-law component. Dissimilar pulse profiles of the soft and hard X-ray components and a phase difference between the pulsating soft and hard spectral components give evidences for different origins.
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URI: http://hdl.handle.net/2289/4968
ISSN: 0304-9523
Alternative Location: http://adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2003BASI...31..371N
Copyright: 2003 The Astronomical Society of India
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