The x-ray spectrum of the black hole candidate GX339-4 in a low state

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We report on four observations of the black hole candidate GX 339-4 collected in the spectral range 0.4-140 keV with the BeppoSAX satellite during 1997. All our spectra are typical of a black hole candidate in its low-hard state, i.e. are dominated by the hard tail of the emission from the corona. Although the direct emission from the accretion disk in the soft X-ray range is weak, spectra are well described only with models that take into consideration the Compton reflection of hard X-rays from the corona onto the surface of an accretion disk of non negligible extent.

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Corongiu, A., Chiappetti, L., Haardt, F., Treves, A., Colpi, M., & Belloni, T. (2003). The x-ray spectrum of the black hole candidate GX339-4 in a low state. Astronomy and Astrophysics, 408(1), 347–352. https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20030923

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