Published August 1982 | Version v1
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Accretion powered X-ray pulsars

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A unified description of the properties of 14 X-ray pulsars is presented and compared with the current theoretical understanding of these systems. The sample extends over six orders of magnitude in luminosity, with the only trend in the phase averaged spectra being that the lower luminosity systems appear to have less abrupt high energy cutoffs. There is no correlation of luminosity with power law index, high energy cutoff energy or iron line EW. Detailed pulse phase spectroscopy is given for five systems

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MF available from INIS under the Report Number; Available from NTIS, PC A04/MF A01.

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Imprint Pagination
63 p.
Report number
N--83-35957

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Country of Publication
United States
Country of Input or Organization
United States
INIS RN
16019341
Subject category
S79: ASTROPHYSICS, COSMOLOGY AND ASTRONOMY;
Descriptors DEI
ACCRETION DISKS; COMPARATIVE EVALUATIONS; COSMIC X-RAY SOURCES; LUMINOSITY; PULSARS; X-RAY SPECTRA
Descriptors DEC
COSMIC RADIO SOURCES; COSMIC RAY SOURCES; OPTICAL PROPERTIES; PHYSICAL PROPERTIES; SPECTRA

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Secondary number(s)
NASA-TM--83975.