NEW MEASUREMENTS OF THE X-RAY HARDNESS INTENSITY CORRELATION OF GX 5-1

Citation
Jj. Blom et al., NEW MEASUREMENTS OF THE X-RAY HARDNESS INTENSITY CORRELATION OF GX 5-1, Astronomy and astrophysics, 277(1), 1993, pp. 77-80
Citations number
17
Categorie Soggetti
Astronomy & Astrophysics
Journal title
ISSN journal
00046361
Volume
277
Issue
1
Year of publication
1993
Pages
77 - 80
Database
ISI
SICI code
0004-6361(1993)277:1<77:NMOTXH>2.0.ZU;2-L
Abstract
X-ray observations of GX 5-1 carried out with the coded-mask camera TT M are presented. The results consist of a sample of measurements in th e energy range 2-30 keV extending over a period of almost one year, fr om October 21, 1988 to September 5, 1989. Our results confirm some of the general features of the X-ray spectral behavior of GX 5-1 on times cales of days to months as observed by other instruments. Statistical tests on our data indicate that there are significant deviations from a homogeneous data point density in the hardness-intensity diagram of GX 5-1, which are probably due to changing timescales of spectral vari ations. The physical background of these deviations is briefly discuss ed.