The ultraluminous M81 X-9 source: 20 years' variability and spectral states

Astrophysical Journal

Volumn 556, Issue 1 PART 1, 2001, Pages 47-58

  La Parola, V ^a   Peres, G ^a   Fabbiano, G ^b   Kim, D W ^b   Bocchino, F ^c,d  

^a Sezione di Astronomia   (Italy)

^b HARVARD SMITHSONIAN CENTER FOR ASTROPHYSICS   (United States)

^c INAF OSSERVATORIO ASTRONOMICO DI PALERMO   (Italy)

^d EUROPEAN SPACE AGENCY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Accretion, accretion disks; Black hole physics; X rays: individual (M81 X 9); X rays: stars

Indexed keywords

EID: 0035920094     PISSN: 0004637X     EISSN: 15384357     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/321563     Document Type: Article

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