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2015ApJ...799..216Z - Astrophys. J., 799, 216 (2015/February-1)

Broadband emission spectra from the Cygnus X-3 jet in the soft spectral state.

ZHANG J.-F. and LU J.-F.

Abstract (from CDS):

In order to understand the main observational characteristics of the Galactic X-ray binary Cygnus X-3, we propose a radiation model in which high-energy electrons accelerate in the dissipation zone of a jet and produce nonthermal broadband emissions. Broadband spectral energy distributions are computed to compare the AGILE and Fermi LAT data with the multi-band data during soft X-ray spectral states. By fitting observations at different locations of the jet, we find that the emission region is rather compact and should be located at a distance of about one orbital radius. Our results can explain the current multi-frequency observations and also predict the TeV band emission. The model could be tested by a polarization measurement at IR band, and/or by a correlation study between the GeV and TeV bands once very-high-energy observations are available.

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Journal keyword(s): gamma rays: general - radiation mechanisms: non-thermal - stars: individual: Cygnus X-3 - X-rays: binaries

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