Abstract
We review the pulse profile evolution of the unique accretion powered X-ray pulsar 4U 1626-67 over the last 40 years since its discovery. This pulsar showed two distinct eras of steady spin-up separated by a steady spin-down episode for about 18 years. In the present work, using data from different observatories active during each phase of spin-up and spin-down we establish a clear correlation between the accretion torque acting on this pulsar and its pulse profile. The energy resolved pulse profiles are identical in both the spin-up eras and quite different in the spin-down era, especially in the low energy band. This correlation, along with the already known feature of strong Quasi Periodic Oscillations (QPO) that was present only in the spin-down era, clearly establish two different accretion modes onto the neutron star which produce different pulse profiles and only one of which produces the QPOs.
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