RXTE observations of 4U 1728-34

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We present an analysis of the spectral properties observed in X-rays from neutron star X-ray binary 4U 1728-34 during transitions between the low- and high-luminosity states when the electron temperature kT_e_ of the Compton cloud monotonically decreases from 15 to 2.5keV. We analyze the transition episodes from this source observed with BeppoSAX and RXTE satellites. We find that the X-ray broadband energy spectra of 4U 1728-34 during all spectral states can be modeled by a combination of a thermal (blackbody-like) component, a Comptonized component (which we herein denote as COMPTB), and a Gaussian component. Spectral analysis using this model provides evidence that the photon power-law index {Gamma} is almost constant ({Gamma}=1.99+/-0.02) when kT_e_ changes from 15 to 2.5keV during these spectral transitions.

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DOI http://doi.org/10.26093/cds/vizier.17380128
Source https://dc.g-vo.org/rr/q/lp/custom/CDS.VizieR/J/ApJ/738/128
Related Identifier https://cdsarc.cds.unistra.fr/viz-bin/cat/J/ApJ/738/128
Related Identifier https://vizier.cds.unistra.fr/viz-bin/VizieR-2?-source=J/ApJ/738/128
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Provenance
Creator Seifina E.; Titarchuk L.
Publisher CDS
Publication Year 2013
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Resource Type Dataset; AstroObjects
Discipline Astrophysics and Astronomy; Interdisciplinary Astronomy; Natural Sciences; Observational Astronomy; Physics; Stellar Astronomy