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X-Ray Spectral Behavior of the Relativistic Jet Source Cygnus X-3

Authors :
McCollough, M. L
Robinson, C. R
Zhang, S. N
Harmon, B. A
Paciesas, W. S
Dieters, S
Phengchamnan, S
Hjellming, R. M
Rupen, M
Mioduszewski, A. J
Waltman, E. B
Ghigo, F. D
Pooley, G. G
Fender, R. P
Cui, W
Trushkin, S
Publication Year :
1998
Publisher :
United States: NASA Center for Aerospace Information (CASI), 1998.

Abstract

Cyg X-3 is an unusual X-ray binary which shows remarkable correlative behavior between the hard X-ray, soft X-ray, and the radio. We present an analysis of these long term light curves in the context of spectral changes of the system. This analysis will also incorporate a set of pointed RXTE observations made during a period when Cyg X-3 made a transition from a quiescent radio state to a flaring state (including a major flare) and then returned to a quiescent radio state.

Subjects

Subjects :
Space Radiation

Details

Language :
English
Database :
NASA Technical Reports
Publication Type :
Report
Accession number :
edsnas.19990070951
Document Type :
Report