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Main Authors: Shui, Qingcang, Zhang, Shu, Wang, Pengju, Mushtukov, Alexander, Santangelo, Andrea, Zhang, Shuangnan, Kong, Lingda, Ji, Long, Chen, Yupeng, Doroshenko, Victor, Frontera, Fillipo, Chang, Zhi, Peng, Jingqiang, Yin, Hongxing, Qu, Jinlu, Tao, Lian, Ge, Mingyu, Li, Jian, Ye, Wentao, Li, Panping
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Published: 2024
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Online Access:https://arxiv.org/abs/2403.11815
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author Shui, Qingcang
Zhang, Shu
Wang, Pengju
Mushtukov, Alexander
Santangelo, Andrea
Zhang, Shuangnan
Kong, Lingda
Ji, Long
Chen, Yupeng
Doroshenko, Victor
Frontera, Fillipo
Chang, Zhi
Peng, Jingqiang
Yin, Hongxing
Qu, Jinlu
Tao, Lian
Ge, Mingyu
Li, Jian
Ye, Wentao
Li, Panping
author_facet Shui, Qingcang
Zhang, Shu
Wang, Pengju
Mushtukov, Alexander
Santangelo, Andrea
Zhang, Shuangnan
Kong, Lingda
Ji, Long
Chen, Yupeng
Doroshenko, Victor
Frontera, Fillipo
Chang, Zhi
Peng, Jingqiang
Yin, Hongxing
Qu, Jinlu
Tao, Lian
Ge, Mingyu
Li, Jian
Ye, Wentao
Li, Panping
contents We present a detailed analysis of the X-ray luminosity (Lx) dependence of the cyclotron absorption line energy (Ecyc) for the X-ray binary pulsar 1A 0535+262 during its 2020 giant outburst based on pulse-to-pulse analysis. By applying this technique to high cadence observations of Insight-HXMT, we reveal the most comprehensive Ecyc-Lx correlation across a broad luminosity range of ~(0.03-1.3)*10^38 erg/s. Apart from the positive and negative correlations between cyclotron line energy and luminosity at Lx~(1-3)*10^37 erg/s and ~(7-13)*10^37 erg/s, which are expected from the typical subcritical and supercritical accretion regimes, respectively, a plateau in the correlation is also detected at ~(3-7)*10^37 erg/s^-1. Moreover, at the lowest luminosity level (Lx<10^37 erg/s), the positive Ecyc-Lx correlation seems to be broken, and the pulse profile also occurs a significant transition. These discoveries provide the first complete view on the correlation between luminosity and the centriod energy of the cyclotron line, and therefore are relevant for understanding how accretion onto magnetized neutron stars depends on luminosity.
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spellingShingle Cyclotron line evolution revealed with pulse-to-pulse analysis in the 2020 outburst of 1A 0535+262
Shui, Qingcang
Zhang, Shu
Wang, Pengju
Mushtukov, Alexander
Santangelo, Andrea
Zhang, Shuangnan
Kong, Lingda
Ji, Long
Chen, Yupeng
Doroshenko, Victor
Frontera, Fillipo
Chang, Zhi
Peng, Jingqiang
Yin, Hongxing
Qu, Jinlu
Tao, Lian
Ge, Mingyu
Li, Jian
Ye, Wentao
Li, Panping
High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena
We present a detailed analysis of the X-ray luminosity (Lx) dependence of the cyclotron absorption line energy (Ecyc) for the X-ray binary pulsar 1A 0535+262 during its 2020 giant outburst based on pulse-to-pulse analysis. By applying this technique to high cadence observations of Insight-HXMT, we reveal the most comprehensive Ecyc-Lx correlation across a broad luminosity range of ~(0.03-1.3)*10^38 erg/s. Apart from the positive and negative correlations between cyclotron line energy and luminosity at Lx~(1-3)*10^37 erg/s and ~(7-13)*10^37 erg/s, which are expected from the typical subcritical and supercritical accretion regimes, respectively, a plateau in the correlation is also detected at ~(3-7)*10^37 erg/s^-1. Moreover, at the lowest luminosity level (Lx<10^37 erg/s), the positive Ecyc-Lx correlation seems to be broken, and the pulse profile also occurs a significant transition. These discoveries provide the first complete view on the correlation between luminosity and the centriod energy of the cyclotron line, and therefore are relevant for understanding how accretion onto magnetized neutron stars depends on luminosity.
title Cyclotron line evolution revealed with pulse-to-pulse analysis in the 2020 outburst of 1A 0535+262
topic High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2403.11815