The broad-band spectrum of Cyg X-2 with INTEGRAL

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Authors
  • G. Lavagetto
  • T. di Salvo
  • M. Falanga
  • R. Iaria
Publication date 2006
Journal Astronomy & Astrophysics
Volume | Issue number 445 | 3
Pages (from-to) 1089-1092
Organisations
  • Faculty of Science (FNWI) - Anton Pannekoek Institute for Astronomy (API)
Abstract
We study the broad band (3-100 keV) spectrum of Cygnus X-2 with INTEGRAL. We find that the spectrum is well fitted by a Comptonized component with a seed-photons temperature of ~ 1 keV, an electron temperature of ~ 3 keV and an optical depth tau ~ 8. Assuming spherical geometry, the radius of the seed-photons emitting region is ~ 17 km. The source shows no hard X-ray emission; it was detected only at a 3 sigma level above 40 keV. We also analyzed public ISGRI data of Cyg X-2 to investigate the presence of a hard X-ray component. We report the possible presence of hard X-ray emission in one data set.
Document type Article
Note © EDP Sciences 2006
Language English
Published at https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20053189
Other links http://adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2006A%26A...445.1089L
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