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Correlation Between BATSE Hard X-ray Spectral and Timing Properties of Cygnus X-1

D. J. Crary, C. Kouveliotou, J. van Paradijs, F. van der Hooft, D. M. Scott, W. S. Paciesas, M. van der Klis, M. H. Finger, B. A. Harmon, W. H. G. Lewin

astro-pharXiv:astro-ph/9603112

Abstract

We have analyzed approximately 1100 days of Cygnus X-1 hard X-ray data obtained with BATSE to study its rapid variability. We find for the first time correlations between the slope of the spectrum and the hard X-ray intensity, and between the spectral slope and the amplitude of the rapid variations of the hard X-ray flux. We compare our results with expectations from current theories of accretion onto black holes.

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