BROADBAND SPECTROSCOPY USING TWO SUZAKU OBSERVATIONS OF THE HMXB GX 301−2
BROADBAND SPECTROSCOPY USING TWO SUZAKU OBSERVATIONS OF THE HMXB GX 301−2
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10.1088/0004-637x/745/2/124
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2011-11
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S. Suchy;F. Fuerst;K. Pottschmidt;I. Caballero;I. Kreykenbohm;J. Wilms;A. Markowitz;R. Rothschild
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S. Suchy;F. Fuerst;K. Pottschmidt;I. Caballero;I. Kreykenbohm;J. Wilms;A. Markowitz;R. Rothschild
We present the analysis of two Suzaku observations of GX 301−2 at two orbital phases after the periastron passage. Variations in the column density of the line-of-sight absorber are observed, consistent with accretion from a clumpy wind. In addition to a cyclotron resonance scattering feature (CRSF), multiple fluorescence emission lines were detected in both observations. The variations in the pulse profiles and the CRSF throughout the pulse phase have a signature of a magnetic dipole field. Using a simple dipole model we calculated the expected magnetic field values for different pulse phases and were able to extract a set of geometrical angles, loosely constraining the dipole geometry in the neutron star. From the variation of the CRSF width and energy, we found a geometrical solution for the dipole, making the inclination consistent with previously published values.