Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
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1771488 | Astroparticle Physics | 2007 | 11 Pages |
Abstract
We can reject constant polarization, with energy, for the Cygnus X-1 spectrum (in the hard state), if the reflected component is assumed to be completely polarized, whereas the distinction cannot be made for weaker polarization. For the accreting pulsar, constant polarization can be rejected in the case of polarization in a narrow energy band with at least 50% polarization, and similarly for a negative step distribution from 30% to 0% polarization.
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Authors
M. Axelsson, O. EngdegÃ¥rd, F. Ryde, S. Larsson, M. Pearce, L. Hjalmarsdotter, M. Kiss, C. Marini Bettolo, M. Arimoto, C.-I. Björnsson, P. Carlson, Y. Fukazawa, T. Kamae, Y. Kanai, J. Kataoka, N. Kawai, W. Klamra, G. Madejski, K. Yamamoto,