Polarization from the oscillating magnetized accretion torus

0355671 - ASÚ 2011 RIV US eng C - Conference Paper (international conference)
Horák, Jiří - Bursa, Michal
Polarization from the oscillating magnetized accretion torus.
X-ray polarimetry: A new window in astrophysics. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2010 - (Bellazzini, R.; Costa, E.; Matt, G.; Tagliaferi, G.), s. 182-186. Cambridge Contemporary Astrophysics. ISBN 978-0-521-19184-5.
[The Coming Age of X-Ray Polarimetry. Rome (IT), 27.04.2009-30.04.2009]
R&D Projects: GA MŠMT(CZ) LC06014
Institutional research plan: CEZ:AV0Z10030501
Keywords : oscillations * accretion torus
Subject RIV: BN - Astronomy, Celestial Mechanics, Astrophysics

We study oscillations of the accretion torus with a azimuthal magnetic field. For several lowest-order modes we calculate eigenfrequencies and eigenfunctions and calculate corresponding intensity and polarization light curves using advanced ray-tracing methods.
Permanent Link: http://hdl.handle.net/11104/0194386