TeV activity of Cygnus X-3 high mass binary system
Cygnus X-3 is a high mass X-ray binary and microquasar, with a compact object, which is either a neutron star or may be a black hole, and a companion object, which is a Wolf-Rayet star. The nature of the compact object is still uncertain. Cygnus X-3 galactic binary system has been regularly observed...
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Veröffentlicht in: | Bulletin of the Russian Academy of Sciences. Physics 2011-03, Vol.75 (3), p.437-439 |
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Zusammenfassung: | Cygnus X-3 is a high mass X-ray binary and microquasar, with a compact object, which is either a neutron star or may be a black hole, and a companion object, which is a Wolf-Rayet star. The nature of the compact object is still uncertain. Cygnus X-3 galactic binary system has been regularly observed since a 1995 by SHALON Atmospheric Cherenkov telescope with the average gamma-ray flux (6.8 ± 0.7) × 10
−13
cm
−2
s
−1
. The observations of very high-energy gamma-radiation from the sources of this type would be important for understanding the nature of this astrophysical object. |
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ISSN: | 1062-8738 1934-9432 |
DOI: | 10.3103/S1062873811030397 |