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Strong-gravity effects acting on polarization from orbiting spots
- 1.0345562 - ASÚ 2011 RIV GB eng C - Conference Paper (international conference)
Karas, Vladimír
Strong-gravity effects acting on polarization from orbiting spots.
X-ray polarimetry: A new window in astrophysics. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2010 - (Bellazzini, R.; Costa, E.; Matt, G.; Tagliaferi, G.), s. 109-116. Cambridge Contemporary Astrophysics. ISBN 978-0-521-19184-5.
[Coming age of X-ray polarimetry. Rome (IT), 27.04.2009-30.04.2009]
R&D Projects: GA ČR GA202/09/0772; GA MŠMT(CZ) LC06014
Institutional research plan: CEZ:AV0Z10030501
Keywords : astrophysics * polarimetry * X-rays
Subject RIV: BN - Astronomy, Celestial Mechanics, Astrophysics
We summarize the polarimetric effects in terms of the model of bright orbiting spots. As the signal from accreting black holes peaks in X-rays, the polarimetry in this spectral band will be particularly useful to study strong-gravity.
Permanent Link: http://hdl.handle.net/11104/0186804
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