Identification of an extended accretion disk corona in the hercules X-1 low state: Moderate optical depth, precise density determination, and verification of CNO abundances

Astrophysical Journal

Volumn 625, Issue 2 I, 2005, Pages 931-950

  Jimenez Garate, M A ^a   Raymond, J C ^b   Liedahl, D A ^c   Hailey, C J ^d  

^a MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b HARVARD SMITHSONIAN CENTER FOR ASTROPHYSICS   (United States)

^c LAWRENCE LIVERMORE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^d Columbia Astrophysics Laboratory ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Accretion, accretion disks; Binaries: eclipsing; Line: formation; Line: identification; Pulsars: individual (Hercules X 1); X rays: binaries

Indexed keywords

EID: 22544452442     PISSN: 0004637X     EISSN: 15384357     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/426702     Document Type: Review

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