Properties of a fast state transition in Cygnus X-1

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Authors
  • M. Böck
  • J. Wilms
  • V. Grinberg
  • K. Pottschmidt
  • M. Hanke
  • S. Markoff
  • M.A. Nowak
  • S. Pirner
  • R. Duro
  • G. Pooley
Publication date 2010
Host editors
  • A. Comastri
  • M. Cappi
  • L. Angelini
Book title X‐Ray Astronomy-2009 : Present Status, Multi‐Wavelenght Approach and Future Perspectives
Book subtitle proceedings of the international conference, Bologna, Italy, 7-11 September 2009
ISBN
  • 9780735407954
Series AIP Conference Proceedings
Event X-ray Astronomy 2009, Bologna, Italy
Pages (from-to) 143-144
Publisher Melville, NY: American Institute of Physics
Organisations
  • Faculty of Science (FNWI) - Anton Pannekoek Institute for Astronomy (API)
Abstract In 2005 February we observed the microquasar Cygnus X-1 for a total of 10 days quasi-continuously with the Rossi X-ray Timing Explorer and the Ryle telescope. During that period of time Cyg X-1 was very variable and covered a large fraction of its total variability found during our years long monitoring. A full transition from the hard to the soft state occured within less than 2.5 hours. We present results of the spectral and timing analysis, compare them with the long-term behavior and discuss the discovered energy dependence of the power spectra.
Document type Conference contribution
Language English
Published at https://doi.org/10.1063/1.3475170
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