Bibcode
Camero Arranz, A.; Wilson, C. A.; Connell, P.; Martínez Núñez, S.; Blay, P.; Beckmann, V.; Reglero, V.
Bibliographical reference
Astronomy and Astrophysics, Volume 441, Issue 1, October I 2005, pp.261-269
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2005
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We present a type-I outburst of the high-mass X-ray binary EXO 2030+375,
detected during INTEGRAL's Performance and Verification phase in
December 2002 (on-source time about 106 s). In addition, six
more outbursts have been observed during INTEGRAL's Galactic Plane
Scans. X-ray pulsations have been detected with a pulse period of
41.691798 ± 0.000016 s. The X-ray luminosity in the 5-300 keV
energy range was 9.7 × 1036 erg s-1, for a
distance of 7.1 kpc. Two unusual features were found in the light curve,
with an initial peak before the main outburst and another possible spike
after the maximum. RXTE observations confirm only the existence of the
initial spike. Although the initial peak appears to be a recurrent
feature, the physical mechanisms producing it and the possible second
spike are unknown. Moreover, a four-day delay between periastron passage
and the peak of the outburst is observed. We present for the first time
a 5-300 keV broad-band spectrum of this source. It can be modelled by
the sum of a disk black body (kTBB ˜8 keV) with either
a power law model with Γ =2.04 ±0.11 keV or a Comptonized
component (spherical geometry, kT_e=30 keV, τ=2.64, kT_W=1.5 keV).