The application of slim disk models to ULX: The case of M33 X-8

Advances in Space Research

Volumn 38, Issue 7, 2006, Pages 1378-1381

  Foschini, L ^a   Ebisawa, K ^b,c   Kawaguchi, T ^d   Cappelluti, N ^a,h   Grandi, P ^a   Malaguti, G ^a   Rodriguez, J ^c,e   Courvoisier, T J L ^c,f   Di Cocco, G ^a   Ho, L C ^g   Palumbo, G G C ^h  

^a OSSERVATORIO ASTRONOMICO DI BOLOGNA   (Italy)

^b NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GENEVA   (Switzerland)

^d NATIONAL ASTRONOMICAL OBSERVATORY OF JAPAN   (Japan)

^e CEA SACLAY   (France)

^f UNIVERSITÉ DE GENÈVE   (Switzerland)

^g CARNEGIE OBSERVATORIES   (United States)

^h UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

Author keywords

X rays: binaries; X rays: individual: M33 X 8

Indexed keywords

DATA REDUCTION; GALAXIES; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; X RAY SCATTERING;

BLACK HOLES; STANDARD DISK MODEL; ULTRALUMINOUS X RAY SOURCE (ULX);

SPACE RESEARCH;

EID: 33750494537     PISSN: 02731177     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.asr.2005.06.024     Document Type: Article

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