Light curve of a source orbiting a black hole: A fitting formula

Astrophysical Journal

Volumn 470, Issue 2 PART I, 1996, Pages 743-746

  Karas, V ^a,b,c  

^a CHARLES UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

^b SISSA   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Accretion; Accretion disks; Black hole physics; Galaxies: Active; X rays: Galaxies

Indexed keywords

EID: 21444460954     PISSN: 0004637X     EISSN: 15384357     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/177904     Document Type: Article

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