Bright flares from the X-ray pulsar SWIFT J1626.6–5156

2008/04/22 by P. Reig, T. Belloni, G. L. Israel +3 · 22 citations
Physics and Astronomy · #Astronomy #Astrophysical Phenomena and Observations #Astrophysics #Astrophysics and Cosmic Phenomena #Optics #Physics #Pulsar #Pulsars and Gravitational Waves Research #Spectral analysis #Spectroscopy #Swift #X-ray #X-ray pulsar #astro-ph

paper · pdf · doi:10.1051/0004-6361:200809457

published in Astronomy and Astrophysics 485(3), 797-805 (EDP Sciences)

arxiv created 2008/04/22 · openalex publication_date 2008/05/06 · arxiv updated 2009/12/01 · openalex created_date 2025/10/10 · openalex updated_date 2026/08/05

Abstract

Aims. We have performed a timing and spectral analysis of the X-ray pulsar SWIFT J1626.6–5156 during a major X-ray outburst in order to unveil its nature and investigate its flaring activity.

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