Latest COMPTEL results on galactic black hole candidates

被引:3
作者
McConnell, M
Bennett, K
Collmar, W
vanDijk, R
Forrest, D
Hermsen, W
Much, R
Ryan, J
Schonfelder, V
Steinle, H
Strong, A
机构
[1] MAX PLANCK INST EXTRATERR PHYS, D-37075 GARCHING, GERMANY
[2] SRON, NL-3584 CA UTRECHT, NETHERLANDS
[3] EUROPEAN SPACE AGCY, ESTEC, NL-2200 AG NOORDWIJK, NETHERLANDS
[4] UNIV AMSTERDAM, ASTRON INST ANTON PANNEKOEK, AMSTERDAM, NETHERLANDS
来源
RADIATION FROM BLACK HOLES, FUTURE MISSIONS TO PRIMITIVE BODIES AND MIDDLE ATMOSPHERIC FINE STRUCTURES | 1997年 / 19卷 / 01期
基金
美国国家航空航天局;
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D O I
10.1016/S0273-1177(97)00032-X
中图分类号
V [航空、航天];
学科分类号
08 ; 0825 ;
摘要
Since its launch in April of 1991, the COMPTEL experiment on the Compton Gamma-Ray Observatory has surveyed the entire sky in the energy range of 0.75-30.0 MeV. Here we survey the latest results obtained from the COMPTEL data with respect to galactic black hole candidates. The most prominent such object, Cygnus X-1, is also one of the brightest sources observed by COMPTEL. In addition, we report on the progress of a full survey of the sky, searching for evidence of MeV emission from other black hole candidates. (C) 1997 COSPAR.
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页数:4
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