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dc.contributor.authorNaik, S.-
dc.contributor.authorCallanan, P.J.-
dc.contributor.authorPaul, Biswajit-
dc.date.accessioned2012-12-14T09:22:36Z-
dc.date.available2012-12-14T09:22:36Z-
dc.date.issued2005-10-
dc.identifier.citationAIP Conference Proceedings Vol.797, 2001, p593-598en
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/2289/5346-
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dc.description.abstractWe present here the timing and spectral properties of BeppoSAX observations of the binary X-ray pulsar GX 1+4 carried out in August 1996, March 1997, and August 2000. In the middle of the August 2000 observation, the source was in a rare low intensity state that lasted for about 30 hours. Though the source does not show pulsations in the soft X-ray band (1.0-5.5 keV) during the extended low state, pulsations are detected in 5.5-10.0 keV energy band of the MECS detector and in hard X-ray energy bands (15-150 keV) of the PDS instrument. Broad-band (1.0-150 keV) pulse averaged spectroscopy reveals that the best-fit model comprises of a Comptonized continuum along with an iron Kα emission line. A strong iron Kβ emission line is detected for the first time in GX 1+4 during the extended low state of 2000 observation. The optical depth and temperature of the Comptonizing plasma are found to be identical during the high and low intensity states whereas the hydrogen column density and the temperature of the seed photons are higher during the low state.en
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dc.publisherAmerican Institute of Physicsen
dc.relation.urihttp://adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2005AIPC..797..593Nen
dc.relation.urihttp://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.2130293en
dc.rights2005, American Institute of Physics. This article may be downloaded for personal use only. Any other use requires prior permission of the author and the American Institute of Physics.en
dc.subjectX-ray binary starsen
dc.subjectPulsarsen
dc.subjectX-ray sources (astronomical)en
dc.titleBeppoSAX observations of the X-ray binary pulsar GX 1+4en
dc.typeArticleen
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