Table 1: Default spectral models adopted for different categories of sources. See XSPEC manual (Arnaud 1996; http://xspec.gsfc.nasa.gov) for precise descriptions of the spectral models.
Source category model $N_{\rm H}$ $\Gamma$1 $\Gamma$2 $E_{\rm cut}$ $E_{\rm fold}$ or $E_{\rm break}$ $^{\dagger}$
    (1022 cm-2)     [keV] [keV]
X-ray binaries            
LMXB wabs*cutoff 1.0 1.7 - 5 -
LMXB with hard-tail wabs*(cutoff+powerlaw) 1.0 1.7 2.5 10 -
HMXB wabs*highecut*powerlaw 1.0 1.0 - 10 15
AGN            
Seyfert 1 wabs*cutoff 1.0 1.7 - 100 -
Seyfert 2I wabs*cutoff 10.0 1.7 - 100 -
Blazar wabs*cutoff 1.0 1.7 - 100 -
Quasar wabs*cutoff 1.0 1.7 - 100 -
Clusters of Galaxies wabs*cutoff 1.0 1.7 - 10 -
Unidentified            
X-ray sources wabs*cutoff 1.0 1.7 - 10 -
COMPTEL sources wabs*bknpower 100 -1.5 2.1 - 1000
EGRET sources wabs*bknpower 100 -1.5 2.1 - 10 000
$^{\dagger}$ $E_{\rm fold}$ for highecut model and $E_{\rm break}$ for bknpower model.          


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