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Table 1

Main parameters of the corona of Cygnus X-1 in the LH state.

Parameter Value

MBH: black hole mass [M] 14.8a
Rc: corona radius [rg] 30
rin/Rc: inner disk/corona ratio 0.9
ϵc: X-ray spectrum cut-off [keV] 150
α: X-ray spectrum power-law index 1.6
η: acceleration efficiency 10-2
B: magnetic field [G] 5.7 × 105
kT: disk characteristic temperature [keV] 0.1

Free parameter

ni,ne: plasma density [cm-3] 6.2 × 1013
Γ: primary injection index 2.2
q: fraction of power injected in relativistic particles 0.05

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