Simultaneous X-ray and infrared observations of Cygnus X-3

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Oct 1986

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Astrophysical Journal, Part 1 (ISSN 0004-637X), vol. 309, Oct. 15, 1986, p. 700-706. Research supported by the Royal Society, SE

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astronomy

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Infrared Astronomy, Light Curve, Stellar Flares, Stellar Spectrophotometry, X Ray Astronomy, X Ray Binaries, Exosat Satellite, Infrared Photometry, Infrared Telescopes, Modulation

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Cygnus X-3 has been observed simultaneously in the X-ray and infrared spectral bands. A series of short flares were detected in the infrared. The most intense of these involve a doubling of the 2.2 micron flux. No counterparts of the flares were unequivocably detected in the X-ray band; the ratio of the flare energy emitted in the 1.5-10.0 keV and 2.0-2.4 micron bands is less than 40. The infrared flare events are interpreted as emission from clumps of hot material being ejected from the system in jets, and it is predicted that they are the precursors of radio flares which originate in outlying jet regions. In addition to the flares , the infrared emission is modulated with the 4.8 hr X-ray period.

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