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A 2 component X-ray spectrum from SMC X-1.

Author
Becker, R. H.
Published
Sep 1, 1982.
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1 electronic document
Additional Creators
Marshall, F. E. and White, N. E.
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Summary
Both HEAO-1 A2 and Einstein SSS observations of SMC X-1 are presented. An unpulsed soft component is found with a blackbody temperature of 0.16 keV and an area for the emission region of 10 to the 15th power sq cm to 10 to the 17th power sq cm. The hard X-ray component is pulsed; the phase averaged spectrum is a power law with alpha approximately 0.5 keV up to 17 keV above which it steepens. The SSS sets an upper limit of 4 x 10 to the 21st power H cm/2 to any absorption and is consistent with that expected from the wind of SK160. Absorption dips with a timescale of several hundred seconds are seen immediately following an eclipse exit and are probably caused by inhomogeneities in the wind of SK160.
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NASA Technical Reports Server (NTRS) Collection.
Note
Document ID: 19830006964.
Accession ID: 83N15235.
NAS 1.15:84002.
REPT-661.
NASA-TM-84002.
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