Power spectra of black holes and neutron stars as a probe of hydrodynamic structure of the source: Diffusion theory and its application to Cygnus X-1 and Cygnus X-2 X-ray observations

Astrophysical Journal

Volumn 660, Issue 1 I, 2007, Pages 556-579

  Titarchuk, L E V ^a,b,c,d   Shaposhnikov, Nikolai ^d,e   Arefiev, Vadim ^f  

^a GEORGE MASON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NAVAL RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF FERRARA   (Italy)

^d NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

^e CRESST   (United States)

^f Russian Academy of Science ^*  (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

Accretion, accretion disks; Black hole physics; Radiation mechanisms: nonthermal; Stars: individual (Cygnus X 1, Cygnus X 2)

Indexed keywords

EID: 34248998760     PISSN: 0004637X     EISSN: 15384357     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/512027     Document Type: Article

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