Astronomy and Astrophysics – Astrophysics
Scientific paper
2003-12-18
Astronomy and Astrophysics
Astrophysics
12 pages, 10 figures, and 3 tables, accepted for publication for MNRAS
Scientific paper
The 1998 outburst of the bright Galactic black hole binary system XTE J1550-564 was used to constrain the accretion disc structure in the strongly Comptonised very high state spectra. These data show that the disc emission is not easily compatible with the constant area L ~ T^4 behaviour seen during the thermal dominated high/soft state and weakly comptonised very high state. Even after correcting for the effects of the scattering geometry, the disc temperature is always much lower than expected for its derived luminosity in the very high state. The simplest interpretation is that this indicates that the optically thick disc is truncated in the strongly Comptonised very high state, so trivially giving the observed continuity of properties between the low/hard and very high states of Galactic black holes.
Done Chris
Kubota Aya
No associations
LandOfFree
The very high state accretion disk structure from the galactic black hole transient XTE J1550-564 does not yet have a rating. At this time, there are no reviews or comments for this scientific paper.
If you have personal experience with The very high state accretion disk structure from the galactic black hole transient XTE J1550-564, we encourage you to share that experience with our LandOfFree.com community. Your opinion is very important and The very high state accretion disk structure from the galactic black hole transient XTE J1550-564 will most certainly appreciate the feedback.
Profile ID: LFWR-SCP-O-307473