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, Belczynski, Krzysztof, Sobolewska, Malgorzata, Sadowski, Aleksander B
Other Authors: MIT Kavli Institute for Astrophysics and Space Research
Format: Article
Language:en_US
Published: IOP Publishing 2015
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/100049
https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9147-1841