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RXTE monitoring of centaurus A.

Authors :
Benlloch, S.
Rothschild, R. E.
Wilms, J.
Reynolds, C. S.
Heindl, W. A.
Pottschmidt, K.
Orr, A.
Kreykenbohm, I.
Staubert, R.
Source :
AIP Conference Proceedings; 2001, Vol. 599 Issue 1, p506, 4p
Publication Year :
2001

Abstract

We analyze a 75 ksec observation of the active galaxy Centaurus A carried out with RXTE in 1998 August. The joint PCA/HEXTE broad band X-ray spectrum can be well described by a heavily absorbed (NH λ 7 x 10[sup 22] cm[sup -2]) power law with a photon index of γ = 1.8. We present the interpretation of this spectrum in terms of Monte Carlo computations. No significant temporal variability was found during this observation. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Subjects

Subjects :
GALAXIES
X-ray spectroscopy

Details

Language :
English
ISSN :
0094243X
Volume :
599
Issue :
1
Database :
Complementary Index
Journal :
AIP Conference Proceedings
Publication Type :
Conference
Accession number :
6295602