On Calibrations using the Crab Nebula and Models of the Nebular X-ray Emission

Details On Calibrations using the Crab Nebula and Models of the Nebular X-ray Emission On Calibrations using the Crab Nebula and Models of the Nebular X-ray Emission

2010-03-09

arxiv.org/abs/1003.1916v1

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astrophysics

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics

22 pages, 9 figures, accepted for publication in ApJ

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Motivated by a paper (Kirsch et al. 2005) on possible use of the Crab Nebula as a standard candle for calibrating X-ray response functions, we examine consequences of intrinsic departures from a single (absorbed) power law upon such calibrations. We limit our analyses to three more modern X-ray instruments-the ROSAT/PSPC, the RXTE/PCA, and the XMM-Newton/EPIC-pn (burst mode). The results indicate a need to refine two of the three response functions studied. We are also able to distinguish between two current theoretical models for the system spectrum.

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