Accretion disk parameters in HLX-1

We estimate the outer radius of the accretion disk in HLX-1 from its optical brightness and from the exponential timescale of the decline in the X-ray lightcurve after an outburst. We find that the disk is an order of magnitude smaller than the semimajor axis of the orbit. If the disk size is determ...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Soria, Roberto, Hau, G.
Format: Conference Paper
Published: 2012
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/15678