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Proposal ID 0840017
Obs ID 08400170001, 08400170002, 08400170003, 08400170004, 08400170005, 08400170006, 08400170007, 08400170008
Title INTEGRAL observations of A 0535+26 in outburst
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DOI https://doi.org/10.57780/esa-9n2y5pq
Author Caballero
Abstract We propose to observe the Be/X-ray binary system A 0535+26 in the case it presents a normal and a giant outburst, monitoring the rise to the peak and the descending part of the outburst. In the case of a giant outburst, one main goal will be to study the luminosity dependence of the cyclotron energy. For the first time, high accuracy measurements at high luminosities of the cyclotron energy in A0535+26 will allow to test the hypothesis of a change in the height in the accretion column caused by an increase in the mass accretion rate. If the source enters a normal outburst, another important goal will be to study possible magnetospheric instabilities, which have recently been discovered for this source. Non-stationary accretion can be probed using INTEGRAL capabilities, which will allow to monitor the cyclotron line energy, to perform a precise timing analysis and to study the pulse profile evolution with time and luminosity. Recent observations of two normal outbursts with INTEGRAL have revealed new unexpected features, making observations of normal outbursts extremely useful tools to study the onset of the accretion onto a neutron star at low accretion rates.
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Temporal Coverage 2011-02-23T21:38:53Z / 2011-03-17T15:32:28Z
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 2025-03-25T09:54:36Z
Publisher And Registrant European Space Agency
Credit Guidelines European Space Agency, Caballero, 2025, 'INTEGRAL observations of A 0535+26 in outburst', 1.0, European Space Agency, https://doi.org/10.57780/esa-9n2y5pq