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Plasma Ejection from Magnetic Flares and the X-ray Spectrum of Cygnus X-1
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The hard X-rays in Cyg X-1 and similar black hole sources are possibly produced in an active corona atop an accretion disk. We suggest that the observed weakness of X-ray reflection from the disk is due to bulk motion of the emitting hot plasma away from the reflector. A mildly relativistic motion causes aberration reducing X-ray emission towards the disk. This in turn reduces the reprocessed radiation from the disk and leads to a hard spectrum of the X-ray source. The resulting spectral index is Gamma=1.9B^{1/2} where B=gamma(1+beta) is the aberration factor for a bulk velocity beta=v/c. The observed Gamma=1.6 and the amount of reflection, R=0.3, in Cyg X-1 in the hard state can both be explained assuming a bulk velocity beta=0.3. We discuss one possible scenario: the compact magnetic flares are dominated by e+- pairs which are ejected away from the reflector by the pressure of the reflected radiation. We also discuss physical constraints on the disk-corona model and argue that the magnetic flares are related to magneto-rotational instabilities in the accretion disk.
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