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dc.contributor.authorNaik, S.-
dc.contributor.authorPaul, Biswajit-
dc.date.accessioned2012-07-17T04:42:52Z-
dc.date.available2012-07-17T04:42:52Z-
dc.date.issued2004-05-
dc.identifier.citationAstronomy and Astrophysics, 2004, Vol.418, p655-661en
dc.identifier.issn0004-6361-
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/2289/4970-
dc.descriptionOpen Accessen
dc.description.abstractWe present here results obtained from three BeppoSAX observations of the accretion-powered X-ray pulsar SMC X-1 carried out during the declining phases of its 40-60 days long super-orbital period. Timing analysis of the data clearly shows a continuing spin-up of the neutron star. Energy-resolved timing analysis shows that the pulse-profile of SMC X-1 is single peaked at energies less than 1.0 keV whereas an additional peak, the amplitude of which increases with energy within the MECS range, is present at higher energies. Broad-band pulse-phase-averaged spectroscopy of the BeppoSAX data, which is done for the first time since its discovery, shows that the energy spectrum in the 0.1-80 keV energy band has three components, a soft excess that can be modeled as a thermal black-body, a hard power-law component with a high-energy exponential cutoff and a narrow and weak iron emission line at 6.4 keV. Pulse-phase resolved spectroscopy indicates a pulsating nature of the soft spectral component, as seen in a few other binary X-ray pulsars, with a certain phase offset with respect to the hard power-law component. Dissimilar shape and phase of the soft and hard X-ray pulse profiles suggest a different origin of the soft and hard components.en
dc.language.isoenen
dc.publisherEDP Sciencesen
dc.relation.urihttp://adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2004A%26A...418..655Nen
dc.relation.urihttp://arxiv.org/abs/astro-ph/0402096en
dc.relation.urihttp://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20040048en
dc.rights2004 EDP Sciencesen
dc.subjectstars: neutronen
dc.subjectstars: pulsarsen
dc.subjectindividual: SMC X-1en
dc.subjectX-rays: starsen
dc.titleBeppoSAX observations of the accretion-powered X-ray pulsar SMC X-1en
dc.typeArticleen
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