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Table 1.

Overview of off-states or low-flux observations of Vela X-1 reported in the literature.

References Date Instrument Energy range Off-state luminosity
Kallman & White (1982), Hayakawa (1984) 9 May 1979 Einstein 2–10 keV Not quantified
Inoue et al. (1984), Hayakawa (1984) 12 Mar. 1983 Tenma 3–9 keV < 10% of preceding
Lapshov et al. (1992) 9 Jan. 1991 Granat/WATCH 8-15 keV Not quantified
Kreykenbohm et al. (1999) 23 Feb. 1996 RXTE/PCA 3–30 keV < 15% of normal
Kretschmar et al. (2000) 22 Jan. 1998 RXTE/PCA 2–60 keV Not quantified
Kreykenbohm et al. (2008) 8 Dec. 2003 INTEGRAL/ISGRI 20-40 keV Not quantified
Doroshenko et al. (2011) 17–18 Jun. 2008 Suzaku/XIS 0.4–70 keV ∼2.4 × 1035 erg s−1
Sidoli et al. (2015) 2002–2012 INTEGRAL/ISGRI 22–50 keV ≲3 × 1035 erg s−1

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