Abstract
This work presents timing and spectral analysis of 4U 2206\(+\)54 using data obtained from LAXPC instrument onboard India’s AstroSat mission. This source was observed with AstroSat in September–October 2016. We report detection of 5648 (4) s pulsations at MJD 57669 in the latter observation of 4U 2206\(+\)54. The pulse profile is sinusoidal and the inherent shape is independent of energy up to 30 keV. The pulse fraction increases with energy from \(\sim \)0.5 to \(\sim \)0.8%. We report an updated spin-down rate of \(2.95 (14) \times 10^{-7}\) s s\(^{-1}\). This is about 0.40 times smaller than the previously reported long term value. The energy spectrum is best modeled with an absorbed power-law with high energy exponential cut-off. We have detected presence of broad emission line in 4U 2206\(+\)54 at an energy of 7 keV with equivalent width of \(\sim \)0.4 keV.
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