4U 0115+634

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General Characteristics

  • optical companion: O9e star ([1])
  • distance: [math]\displaystyle{ 7-8\,\text{kpc} }[/math] ([2])

Orbital Parameters

  • orbital period: [math]\displaystyle{ P_{\text{Orb}} = 24.31617^{+0.00005}_{-0.00007}\,\text{d} }[/math] (Müller et al. in prep.)
  • epoch of periastron passage: [math]\displaystyle{ T_0 = 49279.2677(34)\,\text d }[/math] ([3])
  • projected semimajor axis:[math]\displaystyle{ a_{\text x}\sin i = 140.13(8)\,\text{lt-s} }[/math] ([3])
  • eccentricity:[math]\displaystyle{ e = 0.3402(2) }[/math] ([3])
  • longitude of periastron: [math]\displaystyle{ \omega = 47.66(9)^{\circ} }[/math] ([3])

Pulsations

Quantitative Spectral Analysis

  • outburst 1999 ([4],[5])
    • NPEX x CYAB (x CYAB) describes the RXTE-observation well
    • Becker & Wolff model and Soft Thermal Comptonization describes one Beppo-SAX observation well
  • outburst 2008 (Müller et al. in prep.)
    • (PL x FDcut + BlackBody + 10keV feature) x GAUABS x GAUABS describes the RXTE-observation well (preliminary)

Cyclotron Features

  • fundamental resonance at ~11 keV ([6], [7])
  • second harmonic at ~23 keV ([8], [6], [7])
  • third harmonic at ~36 keV ([9])
  • fourth harmonic at ~50 keV ([10])
  • fifth harmonic at ~60 keV ([11], [5])

References

  1. Unger, S. J., Roche, P., Negueruela, I., et al., 1998, A&A, 336, 960 (NASA ADS)
  2. Negueruela, I., Okazaki, A.T., Fabregat, J., et al., 2001, A&A, 369, 117 (NASA ADS)
  3. 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 Bildsten, L., Chakrabarty, D., Chiu, J., et al., 1997, ApJS, 113, 367 (NASA ADS)
  4. Nakajima, M., Mihara, T., Makishima, K., & Niko, H., 2006, ApJ, 646, 1125 (NASA ADS)
  5. 5.0 5.1 Ferrigno, C., Becker, P.A., Segreto, A., et al. 2009, A&A, 498, 825 (NASA ADS)
  6. 6.0 6.1 White, N., Swank, J., & Holt, S. S., 1983, ApJ, 270, 711 (NASA ADS)
  7. 7.0 7.1 Nagase, F., Dotani, T., Tanaka, Y., et al., 1991, ApJ, 375, L49 (NASA ADS)
  8. Wheaton, W. A., Doty, J. P., Primini, F. A., et al., 1979, Nature, 282, 240 (NASA ADS)
  9. Heindl, W.A., Coburn, W., Gruber, D.E., et al., ApJ, 521, L49 (NASA ADS)
  10. Santangelo, A., Segreto, A., Giarrusso, S., et al., 1999, ApJ, 523, L85 (NASA ADS)
  11. Heindl, W.A., Rothschild, R. E., Coburn, W., et al., 2004, AIP Conference Proceedings, 714, 323 (NASA ADS)