Abstract The observations of X-ray Nova in Musca (GRS1124-684) by two coded mask telescopes on board GRANAT observatory provided spectral data in broad 3 – 1300 keV band. During these observations, spanned over a ∼year, the Nova was detected in a three apparently different spectral states, corresponding to different epochs of the soft X-ray light curve: (1) A spectrum with two distinct components (soft, below ∼ 8 keV and hard power law tail with slope ∼ 2.5, detected up to ∼ 300 keV). The soft emission changed gradually with characteristic decay time around 30 days, while power law component exhibited strong variability on the time scales of several hours and decreased much more slowly. (2) A soft spectrum (without hard power law tail), observed during the “kick” of the soft X-ray light curve. (3) A hard power law spectrum with slope ∼ 2.2. Thus, while the 3 – 300 keV luminosity decreased by more than order of magnitude, the source passed through all spectral states known for galactic black hole candidates (Cyg X-1, GX339-4, 1E1740.7-2942, GRS1758-258 etc.). On January 20–21 1991, the SIGMA telescope aboard GRANAT detected a relatively narrow variable emission line near 500 keV (Fig.1,2) with net flux ≈ 6 · 10−3 phot/s/cm 2, most probably related with electron-positron annihilation processes, occurring in the source /1–4/. Additional excess above power law continuum, centered around ∼ 200 keV, was found during this observation.


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    Title :

    Hard X-ray spectral properties and discovery of narrow annihilation line in the spectrum of Nova Muscae


    Contributors:
    Gilfanov, M. (author) / Churazov, E. (author) / Sunyaev, R. (author) / Grebenev, S. (author) / Pavlinsky, M. (author) / Dyachkov, A. (author) / Kovtunenko, V. (author) / Kremnev, R. (author) / Goldwurm, A. (author) / Ballet, J. (author)

    Published in:

    Advances in Space Research ; 13 , 12 ; 695-703


    Publication date :

    1993-01-01


    Size :

    9 pages




    Type of media :

    Article (Journal)


    Type of material :

    Electronic Resource


    Language :

    English



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