DISCOVERY OF 111 2ND PULSATION FROM THE X-RAY SOURCE SCUTUM X-1

被引:17
作者
KOYAMA, K
KUNIEDA, H
TAKEUCHI, Y
TAWARA, Y
机构
[1] Department of Astrophysics, School of Science, Nagoya University, Chikusa-ku, Nagoya 464-01, Furo-cho
关键词
PULSARS; X-RAYS; SOURCES; SPECTRA;
D O I
10.1086/185981
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P1 [天文学];
学科分类号
0704 ;
摘要
We have discovered a 111 s period X-ray pulsation from Sct X-1. The pulse profile was found to exhibit double peaks. The X-ray spectrum of Sct X-1 is fitted by a single power-law function with a photon index of about 1.9. Evidence for extremely large absorption (greater than 10(23) H cm-2) has been found in the low-energy band and near the iron K-edge. When combined with the previous observations, we find that the X-ray flux has been variable over more than two orders of magnitude.
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页码:L77 / L79
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