Polarization variability of active galactic nuclei and x-ray binaries

Astrophysical Journal

Volumn 487, Issue 1 PART I, 1997, Pages 142-152

  Bad, Gang ^a   Hadrava, Petr ^b   Wiita, Paul J ^a   Xiong, Ying ^b  

^a GEORGIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b ASTRONOMICAL INSTITUTE   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

Accretion, accretion disks; Black hole physics; Galaxies: active; Polarization; X rays: stars

Indexed keywords

EID: 33645836355     PISSN: 0004637X     EISSN: 15384357     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/304575     Document Type: Article

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