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Proposal ID 0720012
Obs ID 07200120001, 07200120002, 07200120003
Title Hercules X-1 -- the detailed study of cyclotron lines, magnetic field and accretion
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DOI https://doi.org/10.57780/esa-plpv69c
Author Shakura
Abstract We propose to observe Her~X-1 during \textsl{INTEGRALs} AO-7 for a total observing time of \textbf{~600\,ksec}: covering one ``Main-On with three INTEGRAL orbits, the first near the early maximum and the next two during the decay of the ``Main-On. Our prime objectives are to systematically measure the centroid \textbf{energy of the fundamental cyclotron line} $E_{cyc}$ as a function of \textbf{time, X-ray flux, 35\,day phase and 1.24\,s phase}. Such a dedicated systematic study will yield information about \textbf{fundamental physics} in this accreting binary pulsar with respect to: the structure of the \textbf{magnetic field} at the polar caps, the physics of \textbf{sub-Eddington accretion}, the generation of\textbf{pulse profiles} and variation of $E_{cyc}$ with pulse phase.
Publications
Temporal Coverage 2010-07-10T02:43:11Z / 2010-07-18T19:11:14Z
Version 1.0
Mission Description The INTEGRAL (International Gamma-Ray Astrophysics Laboratory) mission, launched by the European Space Agency (ESA) on October 17, 2002, was designed to study high-energy phenomena in the universe. INTEGRAL was operating until february 2025 and it was equipped with three high-energy instruments: the Imager on Board the INTEGRAL Satellite (IBIS), the Spectrometer on INTEGRAL (SPI), and the JEM-X (Joint European Monitor for X-rays). Its Optical Monitoring Camera (OMC) provided optical V-band magnitude measurements, complementing the high-energy observations.
Creator Contact https://www.cosmos.esa.int/web/integral/helpdesk
Date Published 2025-03-25T09:54:35Z
Publisher And Registrant European Space Agency
Credit Guidelines European Space Agency, Shakura, 2025, 'Hercules X-1 -- the detailed study of cyclotron lines, magnetic field and accretion', 1.0, European Space Agency, https://doi.org/10.57780/esa-plpv69c