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Two giant outbursts of V0332+53 observed with INTEGRAL

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ASTRONOMY & ASTROPHYSICS
Volume 595, Issue -, Pages -

Publisher

EDP SCIENCES S A
DOI: 10.1051/0004-6361/201628865

Keywords

stars: neutron; X-rays: binaries; pulsars: individual: V0332+53

Funding

  1. Bundesministerium fur Wirtschaft und Technologie
  2. Deutsches Zentrum fur Luft und Raumfahrt [FKZ 50 OG 1602, 50 OR 1207]
  3. ESA member state (Denmark)
  4. ESA member state (France)
  5. ESA member state (Germany)
  6. ESA member state (Italy)
  7. ESA member state (Spain)
  8. ESA member state (Switzerland)

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Context. In July 2015, the high-mass X-ray binary V0332+53 underwent a giant outburst, a decade after the previous one. V0332+53 hosts a strongly magnetized neutron star. During the 2004-2005 outburst, an anti-correlation between the centroid energy of its fundamental cyclotron resonance scattering features (CRSFs) and the X-ray luminosity was observed. Aims. The long (approximate to 100 d) and bright (L-x approximate to 10(38) erg s(-1)) 2015 outburst provided the opportunity to study the unique properties of the fundamental CRSF during another outburst and to study its dependence on the X-ray luminosity. Methods. The source was observed by the INTEGRAL satellite for similar to 330 ks. We exploit the spectral resolution at high energies of the SPectrometer on INTEGRAL (SPI) and the Joint European X-ray Monitors to characterize its spectral properties, focusing in particular on the CRSF-luminosity dependence. We complement the data of the 2015 outburst with those collected by SPI in 20042005, which have so far been left unpublished. Results. We find a highly significant anti-correlation of the centroid energy of the fundamental CRSF and the 3-100 keV luminosity of E-1 proportional to -0.095(8) L-37 keV. This trend is observed for both outbursts. We confirm the correlation between the width of the fundamental CRSF and the X-ray luminosity previously found in the JEM-X and IBIS dataset of the 2004-2005 outburst. By exploiting the RXTE/ASM and Swift/BAT monitoring data, we also report on the detection of a similar to 34 d modulation superimposed on the mean profiles and roughly consistent with the orbital period of the pulsar. We discuss possible interpretations of such variability.

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