‘Copernicus’ observations of extragalactic X-ray sources

Astrophysics and Space Science - Tập 42 - Trang 249-254 - 1976
A. C. Fabian1, R. J. Mitchell2, P. J. N. Davison2, P. A. Charles2, J. L. Culhane2
1Institute of Astronomy, University of Cambridge, England
2Mullard Space Science Laboratory, Department of Physics and Astronomy, University College, London, England

Tóm tắt

The MSSL X-ray detectors onCopernicus have been used to study a number of extragalactic objects. At least three classes of unresolved sources are found and we suggest that accretion may be the dominant mechanism. The mass of the accreting object then determines the X-ray emission properties.

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