Polarimetric and spectrographic instrumentation to enable next generation x-ray observatories

Ultraluminous X-ray (ULX) sources are non-nuclear extragalactic accreting compact objects whose X-ray luminosities exceed the Eddington limit for stellar mass black hole binaries (BHB). Their high luminosities suggest they are either intermediate mass black holes, that their emission is beamed, or t...

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Main Author: Marlowe, Hannah Rebecca
Other Authors: McEntaffer, Randall L.
Format: Others
Language:English
Published: University of Iowa 2016
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Online Access:https://ir.uiowa.edu/etd/3136
https://ir.uiowa.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=6480&context=etd