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    Doroshenko, Victor; Tsygankov, Sergey S; Mushtukov, Alexander A; Lutovinov, Alexander A; Santangelo, Andrea; Suleimanov, Valery F; Poutanen, Juri

    Monthly notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 04/2017, Letnik: 466, Številka: 2
    Journal Article

    We report on the analysis of NuSTAR observations of the Be-transient X-ray pulsar V 0332+53 during the giant outburst in 2015 and another minor outburst in 2016. We confirm the cyclotron-line energy-luminosity correlation previously reported in the source and the line energy decrease during the giant outburst. Based on 2016 observations, we find that a year later the line energy has increased again essentially reaching the pre-outburst values. We discuss this behaviour and conclude that it is likely caused by a change of the emission region geometry rather than previously suggested accretion-induced decay of the neutron stars magnetic field. At lower luminosities, we find for the first time a hint of departure from the anticorrelation of line energy with flux, which we interpret as a transition from super- to sub-critical accretion associated with the disappearance of the accretion column. Finally, we confirm and briefly discuss the orbital modulation observed in the outburst light curve of the source.