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Cygnus X-1: X-Ray Emission Mechanism and Geometry

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  25 May 2016

Wei Cui
Affiliation:
MIT, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA
S. N. Zhang
Affiliation:
NASA/MSFC, Huntsville, AL 35812, USA
J. H. Swank
Affiliation:
NASA/GSFC, Greenbelt, MD 20771, USA
X.-M. Hua
Affiliation:
NASA/GSFC, Greenbelt, MD 20771, USA
K. Ebisawa
Affiliation:
NASA/GSFC, Greenbelt, MD 20771, USA
T. Dotani
Affiliation:
ISAS, Yoshinodai, Sagamihara, Kanagawa, 229, Japan

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On 1996 May 10, the All-Sky Monitor aboard RXTE revealed that Cyg X-1 started a transition from its hard state to soft state (Cui 1996). Throughout this interesting episode, snapshots were taken with more sensitive detectors on ASCA, RXTE, and CGRO to monitor the temporal and spectral variability of the source over a broad energy range.

Type
Session 3: Diagnostics of High Gravity Objects with X- and Gamma Rays
Copyright
Copyright © Kluwer 1998 

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