Polarization signatures of strong gravity in active galactic nuclei accretion discs

Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society

Volumn 355, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 1005-1009

  Dovciak M ^a   Karas, V ^a,b   Matt, G ^c  

^a ASTRONOMICAL INSTITUTE   (Czech Republic)

^b CHARLES UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

^c ROMA TRE UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

Author keywords

Galaxies: nuclei; Polarization; Relativity; X rays: galaxies

Indexed keywords

BLACK HOLES; GALAXIES; GRAVITATION; POLARIMETERS; RELATIVITY; STARS;

ACCRETION DISCS; ACTIVE GALACTIC NUCLEI; BLACK HOLES; COMPTON; GALAXIES:NUCLEI; GRAVITATIONAL FIELDS; POLARIZATION ANGLE; POLARIZATION SIGNATURES; STOKES PARAMETERS; X-RAYS: GALAXIES;

POLARIZATION;

EID: 10844281193     PISSN: 00358711     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2966.2004.08396.x     Document Type: Article

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