RXTE Observations of GRS 1915+105

Details RXTE Observations of GRS 1915+105 RXTE Observations of GRS 1915+105

1997-06-18

arxiv.org/abs/astro-ph/9706195v1

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astrophysics

5 pages LATEX + 1 ps-figure, aipproc style file; Proc. of 4th Compton Symp., Williamsburg, April 1997; AIP Conf. Proc., eds. C

Scientific paper

10.1063/1.53960

We report on extensive X-ray observations of the galactic superluminal motion source GRS 1915+105 with the RXTE satellite over the last year. More than 130 RXTE pointings have been performed. GRS 1915+105 displays drastic X-ray intensity variations on a variety of time scales ranging from sub-seconds to days. In general, the intensity changes are accompanied by spectral changes on the same timescale. Three types of bursts with typical durations between 10--100 sec have been identified which have drastically different spectral properties and seem to occur in a fixed sequence. One of the most intense bursts has a bolometric X-ray luminosity of about 5*10^39 erg/s during the 25 sec maximum-intensity part.

Affiliated with

Also associated with

No associations

Rating

RXTE Observations of GRS 1915+105 does not yet have a rating. At this time, there are no reviews or comments for this scientific paper.

If you have personal experience with RXTE Observations of GRS 1915+105, we encourage you to share that experience with our LandOfFree.com community. Your opinion is very important and RXTE Observations of GRS 1915+105 will most certainly appreciate the feedback.

Rate now

Comments { 0 }

Profile ID: LFWR-SCP-O-119015