INTEGRAL observations of SS433, a supercritically accreting microquasar with hard spectrum

Abstract

Observations of SS433 by INTEGRAL carried out in March -- May 2003 are presented. SS433 is evidently detected on the INTEGRAL images of the corresponding sky region in the energy bands 25-50 and 50-100 keV. The precessional variability of the hard X-ray flux is clearly seen. The X-ray eclipse caused by the binary orbital motion is also detected. A possible origin of the hard continuum is briefly discussed.Comment: 5 pages, 6 figures. Accepted to A&A INTEGRAL special volum