X-Ray Spectral Behavior of the Relativistic Jet Source Cygnus X-3

Abstract

Cyg X-3 is an unusual X-ray binary which shows remarkable correlative behavior between the hard X-ray, soft X-ray, and the radio. We present an analysis of these long term light curves in the context of spectral changes of the system. This analysis will also incorporate a set of pointed RXTE observations made during a period when Cyg X-3 made a transition from a quiescent radio state to a flaring state (including a major flare) and then returned to a quiescent radio state.

4 pages, 4 color figures, epsfig.sty included. To appear in the 3rd INTEGRAL Workshop Proceedings (The Extreme Universe)