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English:Chandra Observation of the Anomalous X-Ray Pulsar 1E 1841-045 
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Japanese: Morii, M., Sato, R., 片岡 淳, 河合 誠之.  
English: Morii, M., Sato, R., Kataoka, J., Kawai, N..  
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English:Publications of the Astronomical Society of Japan 
Volume, Number, Page Vol. 55        pp. L45-L48
Published date June 2003 
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DOI https://doi.org/10.1093/pasj/55.3.L45
Abstract We present the results from a Chandra ACIS CC mode observation of an anomalous X-ray pulsar (AXP) 1E 1841 - 045. This was the first observation in which the pulsar spectrum over a wide energy range was spatially discriminated from the surrounding SNR, Kes 73. Like other AXPs, the phase-integrated spectrum was fitted well with a power-law plus blackbody model. The spectral parameters are Γ = 2.0 ± 0.3, kTBB = 0.44 ± 0.02 keV, NH = 2.54+0.15-0.13 × 1022 cm-2. This photon index is the flattest among AXPs, and resembles soft gamma-ray repeaters (SGRs) in a quiescent state. The pulse profile is double-peaked, and we found that the second peak has a significantly hard spectrum. The spectra of all phases are consistent with a power-law plus blackbody model with a constant temperature and photon index. When fitted with a two-blackbody model, we obtained a similarly good fit. These results can be interpreted by saying that there are two emission regions with different energy spectra.

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