Hard Spectra of X-ray Pulsars from INTEGRAL Data
Abstract
We present spectra for 34 accretion-powers X-ray pulsars and one millisecond pulsar that were within the field of view of the INTEGRAL observatory over two years (December 2002 January 2005) of its in-orbit operation and that were detected by its instruments at a statistically significant level (> 8σ in the energy range 18 60 keV). There are seven recently discovered objects of this class among the pulsars studied: 2RXP J130159.6-635806, IGR/AX J16320-4751, IGR J16358-4726, AX J163904-4642, IGR J16465-4507, SAX/IGR J18027-2017, and AX J1841.0-0535. We have also obtained hard X-ray (>20 keV) spectra for the accretion-powered pulsars RX J0146.9+6121, AX J1820.5-1434, and AX J1841.0-0535 for the first time. We analyze the evolution of spectral parameters as a function of the intensity of the sources and compare these with the results of previous studies.
- Publication:
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Astronomy Letters
- Pub Date:
- November 2005
- DOI:
- arXiv:
- arXiv:astro-ph/0509525
- Bibcode:
- 2005AstL...31..729F
- Keywords:
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- X-ray pulsars - neutron stars - spectra;
- Astrophysics
- E-Print:
- 33 pages, 2 figures Astronomy Letters, 31, pp. 729 (2005)