Published October 20, 1997
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Discovery and Orbital Determination of the Transient X-ray Pulsar GRO J1750-27
Abstract
We report on the discovery and hard X-ray (20-70 keV) observations of the 4.45 s period transient X-ray pulsar GRO J1750-27 with the BATSE all-sky monitor on board CGRO. A relatively faint outburst (<30 mcrab peak) lasting at least 60 days was observed during which the spin-up rate peaked at 38 pHz s^(-1) and was correlated with the pulsed intensity. An orbit with a period of 29.8 days was found. The large spin-up rate, spin period, and orbital period together suggest that accretion is occurring from a disk and that the outburst is a "giant" outburst typical of a Be/X-ray transient system. No optical counterpart has yet been reported.
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© 1997 American Astronomical Society. This work was supported in part by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) under grants NAG 5-3293 and NAG 5-1458. D. C. was supported by a NASA Compton GRO Postdoctoral Fellowship under grant NAG 5-3109. We also thank the anonymous referee for useful comments.Attached Files
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