Cygnus X-3 - A cocooned X-ray binary pulsar

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Feb 1978

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Astrophysical Journal, Part 1, vol. 220, Feb. 15, 1978, p. 272-278.

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astronomy

56

Binary Stars, Gamma Ray Astronomy, Pulsars, Radiative Transfer, X Rays, Light Curve, Neutron Stars, Stellar Models

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It is shown that observations of both the hard X-ray and gamma-ray spectrum and the gamma-ray light curves of Cyg X-3 find a natural explanation in a model for the system of a fast binary pulsar (with a period between 10 and 30 ms) surrounded by a cocoon (of scattering optical depth unity) located about 1 trillion cm from the pulsar. The possibility of direct observation of pulsations is discussed, and attention is called to an anomalous behavior of gamma-rays in the vicinity of 0.5 MeV predicted by the model.

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