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2001ApJ...547L.147D - Astrophys. J., 547, L147-L150 (2001/February-1)

High-energy X-ray timing experiment detections of hard X-ray tails in Scorpius X-1.

D'AMICO F., HEINDL W.A., ROTHSCHILD R.E. and GRUBER D.E.

Abstract (from CDS):

We report the detection of a nonthermal hard X-ray component from Sco X-1 based on the analysis of 20-220 keV spectra obtained with the High-Energy X-Ray Timing Experiment on board the Rossi X-Ray Timing Explorer satellite. We find that the addition of a power-law component to a thermal bremsstrahlung model is required to achieve a good fit in five of 16 observations analyzed. Using Proportional Counter Array data, we were able to track the movement of the source along the Z diagram, and we found that the presence of the hard X-ray tail is not confined to a specific Z position. However, we do observe an indication that the power-law index hardens with increasing M{dot}, as indicated from the position on the Z diagram. We find that the derived nonthermal luminosities are ∼10% of that derived for the brightest of the atoll sources.

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Journal keyword(s): Stars: Binaries: General - Stars: Individual: Constellation Name: Scorpius X-1 - Stars: Neutron - X-Rays: Stars

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