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| author | Katz, J. I. Nowak, M. |
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| contents | Modern X-ray and gamma-ray observatories time-tag detected photons. The distribution of intervals between successive photons may reveal variations of the flux on time scales too short for direct flux measurement of the mean count rate, provided a sufficient number of photons have been detected cumulatively. We demonstrate this with synthetic data and apply to RXTE data from Cyg X-1. |
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| spellingShingle | Photon Interval Statistics Measure Rapid Variability Katz, J. I. Nowak, M. Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena Modern X-ray and gamma-ray observatories time-tag detected photons. The distribution of intervals between successive photons may reveal variations of the flux on time scales too short for direct flux measurement of the mean count rate, provided a sufficient number of photons have been detected cumulatively. We demonstrate this with synthetic data and apply to RXTE data from Cyg X-1. |
| title | Photon Interval Statistics Measure Rapid Variability |
| topic | Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena |
| url | https://arxiv.org/abs/2503.02045 |