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Chandra and RXTE spectroscopy of the Galactic microquasar XTE J1550-564 in outburst

Chandra and RXTE spectroscopy of the Galactic microquasar XTE J1550-564 in outburst

On two occasions, we obtained nearly simultaneous ≃4 ks snapshot observations of the Galactic black hole and microquasar XTE J1550–564 with Chandra and RXTE near the peak of its 2000 May outburst. The low-energy sensitivity of Chandra and the resolution of the High Energy Transmission Grating Spectrometer (HETGS), coupled with …