Relativistically smeared X-ray reprocessed components in the GINGA spectra of GS 2023+338

Abstract

We present results of spectral analysis of Ginga data obtained during the decline phase after the 1989 outburst of GS 2023+338 (V404 Cyg). Our analysis includes detailed modelling of the effects of X-ray reflection/reprocessing. We have found that (1) the contribution of the reprocessed component (both continuum and line) corresponds to the solid angle of the reprocessor as seen from the X-ray source of Omega \approx (0.4-0.5) 2π, (2) the reprocessed component (both line and continuum) is broadened (``smeared'') by kinematic and relativistic effects, as expected from the accretion disk reflection. We discuss the constraints these results give on various possible system geometries.

11 pages including one figure and two tables, uses aaspp4.sty. Accepted for publication in ApJ Letters

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