Black hole mass estimates from soft X-ray spectra
In the absence of direct kinematic measurements, the mass of an accreting black hole is sometimes inferred from the X-ray spectral parameters of its accretion disk; specifically, from the temperature and normalization of a disk-blackbody model fit. Suitable corrections have to be introduced when the...
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| Format: | Journal Article |
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Pergamon
2008
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| Online Access: | http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/20083 |