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2003A&A...400..553S - Astronomy and Astrophysics, volume 400, 553-558 (2003/3-3)

Spectral modeling of the three spectral states of the Galactic microquasar GRS 1915+105.

SOBOLEWSKA M.A. and ZYCKI P.T.

Abstract (from CDS):

We have analyzed Rossi X-ray Timing Explorer spectral data of the Galactic micro-quasar GRS 1915+105 in its various spectral states, as defined by Belloni et al. (2000A&A...355..271B ). In states A and B the spectra are dominated by a strong soft thermal component, accompanied by a weak harder tail. The soft component is rather complex and cannot be described as a simple accretion disk emission. Relativistic effects in Kerr metric contribute to the complexity of the soft component but are not sufficient to fully account for it. As found previously, state C spectra are dominated by a Comptonized component, with small contribution from disk photons. The X-ray reprocessed component is highly significant in those spectra and, in contrast to the usual hard state spectra from accreting black holes, it is highly ionized.

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Journal keyword(s): accretion, accretion disks - stars: individual: GRS 1915+105 - X-rays: binaries

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