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dc.contributor.authorBeri, Aru-
dc.contributor.authorJain, Chetana-
dc.contributor.authorPaul, Biswajit-
dc.contributor.authorRaichur, Harsha-
dc.date.accessioned2014-09-03T07:13:38Z-
dc.date.available2014-09-03T07:13:38Z-
dc.date.issued2014-04-01-
dc.identifier.citationMonthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 2014, Vol. 439, p1940-1947en
dc.identifier.issn0035-8711-
dc.identifier.issn1365-2966 - (online)-
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/2289/5959-
dc.descriptionOpen Accessen
dc.description.abstractWe review the pulse profile evolution of the unique accretion powered X-ray pulsar 4U 1626−67 over the last 40 yr since its discovery. This pulsar showed two distinct eras of steady spin-up separated by a steady spin-down episode for about 18 yr. In this work, using data from different observatories active during each phase of spin-up and spin-down, we establish a clear correlation between the accretion torque acting on this pulsar and its pulse profile. The energy-resolved pulse profiles are identical in both the spin-up eras and quite different in the spin-down era, especially in the low-energy band. This correlation, along with the already known feature of strong quasi-periodic oscillations (QPO) that was present only in the spin-down era, clearly establishes two different accretion modes on to the neutron star which produce different pulse profiles and only one of which produces the QPOs.en
dc.language.isoenen
dc.publisherOxford University Pressen
dc.relation.urihttp://adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2014MNRAS.439.1940Ben
dc.relation.urihttp://arxiv.org/abs/1401.2936en
dc.relation.urihttp://dx.doi.org/10.1093/mnras/stu087en
dc.rights2014 The authors & the Royal Astronomical Society.en
dc.subjectaccretion discsen
dc.titleTorque reversals and pulse profile of the pulsar 4U 1626-67en
dc.typeArticleen
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