Published 1976 | Version v1
Report

Observations of Cygnus X-1 in its two intensity states by ANS

  • 1. American Science and Engineering, Cambridge, MA

Description

The hard x-ray experiment (1 to 28 keV) on ANS, observed Cygnus X-1 in November 1974, and in May 1975, putting in evidence the two dramatically different states of this object. The average intensity in November was 15 cts/sec, and the observations showed remarkable features in the x-ray light curve and in the spectrum, which were correlated with the 5.6 days period of HDE226868. The May observations showed a count rate of approximately 80 to 100 cts/sec, with fluctuations up to approximately 130 cts/sec, uncorrelated with the spectroscopic binary. The May x-ray spectrum was much softer than the November one, and possibly was made up of two components

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Publishing Information

Imprint Title
X-ray binaries
Journal Page Range
p. 429-442.
Report number
CONF-7510169--

Conference

Title
Symposium on x-ray binaries.
Dates
20 - 22 Oct 1975.
Place
Greenbelt, Maryland, United States of America (USA).

INIS

Country of Publication
United States
Country of Input or Organization
United States
INIS RN
9364393
Subject category
S79: ASTROPHYSICS, COSMOLOGY AND ASTRONOMY;
Resource subtype / Literary indicator
Conference
Descriptors DEI
COSMIC X-RAY SOURCES; X-RAY SPECTRA
Descriptors DEC
COSMIC RAY SOURCES; SPECTRA