Comptonization and reflection in GRS 1915+105

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We present a comprehensive X-ray study of four years of pointed RXTE observations of GRS 1915+105 in the {chi}-state. We interpret the behavior of the hard power law tail spectrum as coming from inverse Compton scattering of soft disk photons on a thermally dominated hybrid corona above the accretion disk. GRS 1915+105 shows a strong, variable reflection amplitude. As in other BHC and in Seyfert galaxies, a correlation between the power law slope and the reflection was found. Also, the radio fluxes at 2.25GHz and 15GHz correlate with the power law slope, thus revealing a connection between the outflowing matter and the comptonizing region in the {chi}-states.

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DOI http://doi.org/10.26093/cds/vizier.33970711
Source https://dc.g-vo.org/rr/q/lp/custom/CDS.VizieR/J/A+A/397/711
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Provenance
Creator Rau A.; Greiner J.
Publisher CDS
Publication Year 2003
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Resource Type Dataset; AstroObjects
Discipline Astrophysics and Astronomy; Cosmology; Natural Sciences; Physics; Stellar Astronomy