RXTE observations of 4U 1728-34 Virtual Observatory Resource

Authors
  1. Seifina E.
  2. Titarchuk L.
  3. Published by
    CDS
Abstract

We present an analysis of the spectral properties observed in X-rays from neutron star X-ray binary 4U 1728-34 during transitions between the low- and high-luminosity states when the electron temperature kT_e_ of the Compton cloud monotonically decreases from 15 to 2.5keV. We analyze the transition episodes from this source observed with BeppoSAX and RXTE satellites. We find that the X-ray broadband energy spectra of 4U 1728-34 during all spectral states can be modeled by a combination of a thermal (blackbody-like) component, a Comptonized component (which we herein denote as COMPTB), and a Gaussian component. Spectral analysis using this model provides evidence that the photon power-law index {Gamma} is almost constant ({Gamma}=1.99+/-0.02) when kT_e_ changes from 15 to 2.5keV during these spectral transitions.

Keywords
  1. x-ray-binary-stars
  2. line-intensities
Bibliographic source Bibcode
2011ApJ...738..128S
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ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/ApJ/738/128
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doi:10.26093/cds/vizier.17380128

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2013-06-05T14:06:22Z
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2013-06-05T14:06:22Z
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