We have performed phase-resolved spectral analysis of the accreting pulsar
1A~0535+262 based on observations of Insight-HXMT during the 2020 Type-II
outburst of the source. We focus on the two-dimensional dependence of the
cyclotron resonance scattering features (CRSFs) along the outburst time and at
different phases. The fundamental CRSF line (f-CRSF) shows different time- and
phase-dependent behaviors. At higher luminosity, the phase profile of the
f-CRSF energy changes from a single peak to double peaks, with the transition
occurring at MJD 59185. On the contrary, the first harmonic CRSF (1-st CRSF) at
$\sim$ 100 keV is only detected within a narrow phase range (0.8$-$1.0)
accompanied by a shallow f-CRSF line. Based on these results, we speculate that
when the source enters the supercritical regime, the higher accretion column
can significantly enhance the harmonic line at a narrow phase through an
"anti-pencil" beam at a higher energy band. At the same time, it will also
affect the behavior of the fundamental line.
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Subject: Astrophysics - High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena