On a Possible Model of the Object CYGNUS-X-3
Abstract
According to the proposed model of the Cyg X-3, it should be recognized as a binary system consisting of a pulsar and an usual star. The plasma with the frozen-in field flows out from the star. The electromagnetic continuous spectrum in the range from radio to gamma radiation owes its origin to the interaction of electrons accelerated by a pulsar with the magnetic field of the stream. The influence of the inverse Compton effect on the spectral distribution of radiation has been considered by the numerical calculations of a system of kinetic equations. The calculations show remarkable agreement with the measurements, if the particle energy spectrum is expressed as dN/dE=AE -2.2. The lower limit of the accelerated particle energy equals approximately 10-2 erg. The situation of the peak of gamma-quantum radiation of very high energy in respect to the minimum in the X-ray radiation can be explained in terms of the suggested model.
- Publication:
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Astrophysics and Space Science
- Pub Date:
- June 1982
- DOI:
- 10.1007/BF00651316
- Bibcode:
- 1982Ap&SS..84..347S
- Keywords:
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- Binary Stars;
- Pulsars;
- Stellar Models;
- X Ray Sources;
- Compton Effect;
- Cygnus Constellation;
- Gamma Ray Astronomy;
- Inverse Scattering;
- Particle Acceleration;
- Periodic Variations;
- Plasma-Particle Interactions;
- Red Dwarf Stars;
- Stellar Magnetic Fields;
- Stellar Radiation;
- Stellar Spectra;
- Stellar Winds;
- Synchrotron Radiation;
- Thermal Radiation;
- Space Radiation