THE SPECTRAL EVOLUTION ALONG THE Z TRACK OF THE BRIGHT NEUTRON STAR X-RAY BINARY GX 17+2

THE SPECTRAL EVOLUTION ALONG THE Z TRACK OF THE BRIGHT NEUTRON STAR X-RAY BINARY GX 17+2

Z sources are bright neutron star X-ray binaries, accreting at around the Eddington limit. We analyze the 68 RXTE observations (~270 ks) of Sco-like Z source GX 17+2 made between 1999 October 3 and 12, covering a complete Z track. We create and fit color-resolved spectra with a model consisting of a...

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Main Authors: Lin, Dacheng, Homan, Jeroen, Barret, Didier, Remillard, Ronald A
Other Authors: MIT Kavli Institute for Astrophysics and Space Research
Format: Article
Language:en_US
Published: IOP Publishing 2015
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/95621

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