Multi-time-scale X-ray reverberation mapping of accreting black holes

Accreting black holes show characteristic reflection features in their X-ray spectrum, including an iron Kα line, resulting from hard X-ray continuum photons illuminating the accretion disc. The reverberation lag resulting from the path-length difference between direct and reflected emission provide...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Mastroserio, G, Ingram, A, van der Klis, M
Format: Journal article
Published: Oxford University Press 2018