Polarization of thermal emission from accreting black holes

0345563 - ASÚ 2011 RIV GB eng C - Conference Paper (international conference)
Dovčiak, Michal - Karas, Vladimír - Goosmann, René - Matt, G. - Muleri, F.
Polarization of thermal emission from accreting black holes.
X-ray polarimetry: A new window in astrophysics. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2010 - (Bellazzini, R.; Costa, E.; Matt, G.; Tagliaferi, G.), s. 117-121. Cambridge Contemporary Astrophysics. ISBN 978-0-521-19184-5.
[Coming age of X-ray polarimetry. Rome (IT), 27.04.2009-30.04.2009]
Grant - others:ESA(XE) ESA-PECS project No. 98040
Institutional research plan: CEZ:AV0Z10030501
Keywords : Astrophysics * Polarimetry * X-rays
Subject RIV: BN - Astronomy, Celestial Mechanics, Astrophysics

Multicolour black-body emission from the accretion disc around the black hole can be polarized on its way through the atmosphere above the accretion disc. We model this effect by assuming Kerr metric.
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