Scientific article
OA Policy
English

INTEGRAL observation of the high-mass x-ray transient v0332+53 during the 2005 outburst decline

Published inAstronomy & astrophysics, vol. 451, no. 1, p. 187-194
Publication date2006-05
First online date2006-04-25
Abstract

The decline of the high mass X-ray transient V0332+53 during the Dec. 2004 to Feb. 2005 outburst is analysed from the data recorded by INTEGRAL. The flux is shown to decrease exponentially until 2005 Feb. 10, with a decay time scale of ~30 days above 20 keV and ~20 days at lower energies, and to decrease linearly thereafter. The energy spectrum is well modelled throughout the decay by a power law with a folding energy of ~7.5 keV, and with two cyclotron absorption features. The folding energy does not vary significantly over the decay, but the spectrum becomes harder with time. Most importantly, we show that the parameters describing the fundamental cyclotron line around 27 keV do vary with time: its energy and depth increase (by about 17% for the energy in ~6 weeks), while its width decreases. These changes of the cyclotron line parameters are interpreted as resulting from a change in the extent of the cyclotron scattering region. Two quasi-periodic oscillations are also observed at various times during the observations, one at 0.05 Hz and another one near the pulsation frequency around 0.23 Hz.

Keywords
  • Stars: flare
  • Stars: pulsars: individual: V0332+53
  • Stars: magnetic fields
  • X-ray: stars
Citation (ISO format)
MOWLAVI, Nami et al. INTEGRAL observation of the high-mass x-ray transient v0332+53 during the 2005 outburst decline. In: Astronomy & astrophysics, 2006, vol. 451, n° 1, p. 187–194. doi: 10.1051/0004-6361:20054235
Main files (2)
Article (Published version)
accessLevelRestricted
Article (Accepted version)
accessLevelPublic
Identifiers
Additional URL for this publicationhttp://www.aanda.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20054235
Journal ISSN0004-6361
50views
81downloads

Technical informations

Creation07/10/2024 16:28:14
First validation10/07/2025 11:43:03
Update08/10/2025 09:56:28
Status update08/10/2025 09:56:28
Last indexation08/10/2025 09:56:29
All rights reserved by Archive ouverte UNIGE and the University of GenevaunigeBlack