The broadband spectrum of Cygnus X-1

  • S. Fritz
  • , J. Wilms
  • , K. Pottschmidt
  • , M. A. Nowak
  • , E. Kendziorra
  • , M. G. Kirsch
  • , I. Kreykenbohm
  • , A. Santangelo

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Abstract

The Black Hole (BH) binary Cygnus X-1 has been observed simultaneously by INTEGRAL, RXTE, and XMM-Newton for four times in November and December 2004, when Cyg X-1 became first observable with XMM-Newton. During these observations the source was found in one of its transitional states between the hard state and the soft state. We obtained a high signal to noise spectrum of Cyg X-1 from 3 keV to 1 MeV which allows us to put constraints on the nature of the Comptonizing plasma by modeling the continuum with Comptonization models as eqpair [3]. Using XMM-Newton we were also able to confirm the presence of a relativistically broadened Fe Ka line.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)341-344
Number of pages4
JournalEuropean Space Agency, (Special Publication) ESA SP
Issue number622 SP
StatePublished - Jul 2006
Event6th Integral Workshop - The Obscured Universe - Moscow, Russian Federation
Duration: Jul 2 2006Jul 8 2006

Keywords

  • Black hole physics
  • Stars: individual (Cyg X-1)

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