A high-sensitivity measurement of the MeV Gamma-Ray spectrum of Cygnus X-1

Astrophysical Journal

Volumn 543, Issue 2 PART 1, 2000, Pages 928-937

  McConnell, M L ^a   Ryan, J M ^a   Collmar, W ^b   Schonfelder V ^b   Steinle, H ^b   Strong, A W ^b   Bloemen, H ^c   Hermsen, W ^c   Kuiper, L ^c   Bennett, K ^d   Phlips, B F ^e   Ling, J C ^f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW HAMPSHIRE   (United States)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUT FÜR EXTRATERRESTRISCHE PHYSIK   (Germany)

^c SRON NETHERLANDS INSTITUTE FOR SPACE RESEARCH   (Netherlands)

^d EUROPEAN SPACE AGENCY   (Netherlands)

^e GEORGE MASON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^f CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Accretion, accretion disks; Black hole physics; Gamma rays: observations; Stars: individual (Cygnus X 1); X rays: stars

Indexed keywords

EID: 0034634129     PISSN: 0004637X     EISSN: 15384357     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/317128     Document Type: Article

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