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most citedModelling the behaviour of accretion flows in X-ray binaries

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astro-ph2001★ 51 cited

The X-ray Spectrum of Cyg X-2

C. Done, P. T. Zycki, D. A. Smith

The spectra of disc accreting neutron stars generally show complex curvature, and individual components from the disc, boundary layer and neutron star surface cannot be uniquely id…

astro-ph2001★ 95 cited

Phase-resolved X-ray spectroscopy of the millisecond pulsar SAX J1808.4-3658

Marek Gierlinski, Chris Done, Didier Barret

We present new results based on RXTE observations of SAX J1808.4-3658. The X-ray spectrum can be fitted by a two-component model. We interpret the soft component as blackbody emiss…

astro-ph2001★ 64 cited

A comment on the colour-colour diagrams of Low Mass X-ray Binaries

Marek Gierlinski, Chris Done

Disc accreting neutron stars come in two distinct varieties, atolls and Z sources, named after their differently shaped tracks on a colour-colour diagram as the source luminosity c…

astro-ph2001★ 23 cited

Testing models of X-ray reflection from irradiated disks

C. Done, S. Nayakshin

We model the reflected spectrum expected from localized magnetic flares above an ionised accretion disk. We concentrate on the case of very luminous magnetic flares above a standar…

astro-ph2001★ 29 cited

On the complex disc-corona interactions in the soft spectral states of Soft X-ray Transients

P. T. Zycki, C. Done, D. A. Smith

Accreting black holes show a complex and diverse behaviour in their soft spectral states. Although these spectra are dominated by a soft, thermal component which almost certainly a…

astro-ph2001

Phase-resolved spectra of the millisecond pulsar SAX J1808.4-3658

Marek Gierlinski, Chris Done, Didier Barret

We analyze the RXTE observations of the April 1998 outburst of SAX J1808.4-3658. We show that the soft blackbody component of the X-ray spectrum is from the hotspot on the neutron…