X-ray studies of ultraluminous X-ray sources
Ultraluminous X-ray sources (ULXs) are extra-galactic, non-nuclear point sources, with X-ray luminosities brighter than 10^39 erg s^-1, in excess of the Eddington limit for 10 M_sun black holes. Recent results indicate that the majority of ULXs are stellar remnant black holes accreting material at o...
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Durham University
2015
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| Online Access: | http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.667939 |