NATURE OF THE EXTREME ULTRALUMINOUS X-RAY SOURCES

In this proof-of-concept study we demonstrate that in a binary system mass can be transferred toward an accreting compact object at an extremely high rate. If the transferred mass is efficiently converted to X-ray luminosity (with disregard of the classical Eddington limit) or if the X-rays are focu...

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Main Authors: Wiktorowicz, Grzegorz (Author), Belczynski, Krzysztof (Author), Sobolewska, Malgorzata (Author), Sadowski, Aleksander B (Author)
Other Authors: MIT Kavli Institute for Astrophysics and Space Research (Contributor), Sadowski, Aleksander (Contributor)
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: IOP Publishing, 2015-11-24T20:44:52Z.
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