Bizarre Hard X-ray Outbursts of Cygnus X-1

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2000-07-09

arxiv.org/abs/astro-ph/0007110v2

2001, ApJ, 555, 829

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astrophysics

4 pages, 2 figures; version accepted to ApJ

Scientific paper

10.1086/321462

A very high activity of Cygnus X-1 on 1999 April 19-21 was recorded by BATSE Large Area Detectors onboard the Compton Gamma-Ray Observatory. The peak luminosity was one order of magnitude higher than the normal luminosity of Cyg X-1. This fact can be critical for models of the hard state of Cyg X-1. The longest outburst lasted ~1000 s and demonstrated very unusual temporal and spectral behavior which indicates the presence of two emission components. One component is relatively soft (with a cutoff below 100 keV) and highly variable, and the other one is hard (extending above 100 keV), with much slower variability.

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