The Cyclotron Resonance Scattering Features In Neutron Star Binaries Observed By INTEGRAL

Abstract

AbstractCyclotron resonance scattering features (CRSF) are the direct observational evidence for the strongly magnetized neutron stars. Since the first detection of the absorption line in the X-ray source Her X-1 thirty years ago, more than ten sources are indentified as the strongly magnetized neutron stars through detecting CRSFs. INTEGRAL is the new X-ray/gamma-ray mission with good angular resolution, high sensitivity and spectral resolution in the range of 18 C 200 keV, so that it provides us a good chance to detect the CRSFs in neutron star systems. INTEGRAL has confirmed the line features in 5 previous known sources and discovered 4 new candidates. Physical mechanism of CRSFs and accretion physics can be probed with detailed spectral analysis.