Noise components from black-hole binaries in our galaxy

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 6603, Issue , 2007, Pages

  Belloni, Tomaso M ^a  

^a INAF OSSERVATORIO ASTRONOMICO DI BRERA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Accretion; Aperiodic variability; Black holes; Quasi periodic oscillations; X ray binaries

Indexed keywords

GALAXIES; GRAVITATION; SATELLITES; STARS; X RAYS;

APERIODIC VARIABILITY; BLACK-HOLE BINARIES; QUASI-PERIODIC OSCILLATIONS; STELLAR SYSTEMS; TESTING GENERAL RELATIVITY;

SPURIOUS SIGNAL NOISE;

EID: 36248944028     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.724531     Document Type: Conference Paper

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