RXTE Studies of Cyclotron Lines in Accreting Pulsars

摘要

In this paper, we summarize the RXTE measurements of cyclotron resonancescattering features in 8 accreting pulsars. The wide bandpass and modestresolution of the RXTE instruments make them ideal for measuring thesegenerally broad features. In particular, the high energy response of HEXTEprovides a window for discovery of new lines not detectable with proportionalcounters such as Ginga or the PCA alone.