X-Ray Spectral Behavior of the Relativistic Jet Source Cygnus X-3
/ Authors
M. McCollough, C. Robinson, S. Zhang, B. A. Harmon, W. Paciesas, S. Dieters, S. Phengchamnan, R. Hjellming, M. Rupen, A. Mioduszewski
and 6 more authors
E. Waltman, F. Ghigo, G. Pooley, R. Fender, W. Cui, S. Trushkin
/ Abstract
Cyg X-3 is an unusual X-ray binary which shows remarkable correlative behavior between the hard X-ray, soft X-ray, and the radio. We present an analysis of these long term light curves in the context of spectral changes of the system. This analysis will also incorporate a set of pointed RXTE observations made during a period when Cyg X-3 made a transition from a quiescent radio state to a flaring state (including a major flare) and then returned to a quiescent radio state.
Journal: arXiv: Astrophysics