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GRO J1008−57: an (almost) predictable transient X-ray binary
Abstract : A study of archival RXTE, Swift, and Suzaku pointed
observations of the transient high-mass X-ray binary GRO J1008−57 is presented. A new
orbital ephemeris based on pulse arrival-timing shows the times of maximum luminosities
during outbursts of GRO J1008−57 to be close to periastron at orbital phase − 0.03. This
makes the source one of a few for which outburst dates can be predicted with very high
precision. Spectra of the source in 2005, 2007, and 2011 can be well described by a simple
power law with high-energy cutoff and an additional black body at lower energies. The
photon index of the power law and the black-body flux only depend on the 15–50 keV source
flux. No apparent hysteresis effects are seen. These correlations allow us to predict the
evolution of the pulsar’s X-ray spectral shape over all outbursts as a function of just
one parameter, the source’s flux. If modified by an additional soft component, this
prediction even holds during GRO J1008−57’s 2012 type II outburst.
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