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2013A&A...551L...2M - Astronomy and Astrophysics, volume 551, L2-2 (2013/3-1)

INTEGRAL observations of Scorpius X-1: evidence for comptonization up to 200 keV.

MAIOLINO T., D'AMICO F. and BRAGA J.

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We have analyzed a long-term database for Sco X-1 obtained with the telescope IBIS onboard the INTEGRAL satellite in order to study the hard X-ray behavior of Sco X-1 from 20 up to 200keV. Besides the data used for producing of the INTEGRAL catalog of sources, this is the longest (412ks) database of IBIS on Sco X-1 up to date. The production of hard X-ray tails in low-mass X-ray binaries is still a matter of debate. Since most of the fits to the high-energy part of the spectra are done with powerlaw models, the physical mechanism for the hard X-ray tail production is unclear. The purpose of this study is to better constrain those possible mechanisms. Our main result shows a strong correlation between the fluxes in the thermal and nonthermal part of Sco X-1 spectra. We, thus, suggest that comptonization of lower energy photons is the mechanism for producing hard X-ray tails in Sco X-1.

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Journal keyword(s): radiation mechanisms: non-thermal - radiation mechanisms: thermal - techniques: image processing - stars: neutron - X-rays: binaries

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