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Millisecond temporal structure in Cyg X-1Evidence is presented for the X-ray variability of Cyg X-1 on time scales down to a millisecond. Several bursts of millisecond duration are observed. The duty cycle for bursting is estimated to be approximately greater than. 0002 averaged over the entire 49. second exposure, although the maximum burst activity is associated with a region of enhanced emission lasting about 1/3 second. Such bursts may be associated with turbulence in disk accretion at the innermost orbits for a black hole.
Document ID
19740009431
Acquisition Source
Legacy CDMS
Document Type
Preprint (Draft being sent to journal)
Authors
Rothschild, R. E.
(NASA Goddard Space Flight Center Greenbelt, MD, United States)
Boldt, E. A.
(NASA Goddard Space Flight Center Greenbelt, MD, United States)
Holt, S. S.
(NASA Goddard Space Flight Center Greenbelt, MD, United States)
Serlemitsos, P. J.
(NASA Goddard Space Flight Center Greenbelt, MD, United States)
Date Acquired
September 3, 2013
Publication Date
December 1, 1973
Subject Category
Space Sciences
Report/Patent Number
X-661-73-393
NASA-TM-X-70583
Report Number: X-661-73-393
Report Number: NASA-TM-X-70583
Accession Number
74N17544
Distribution Limits
Public
Copyright
Work of the US Gov. Public Use Permitted.
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