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A New Relativistic Model for Spectral Formation in Accretion-Powered X-ray Pulsars: Pulse Profiles and Phase-Averaged Spectra
Ethan J. Gibson, Peter A. Becker
We develop a new analytical model describing the radiative and dynamical structure of an accretion-powered X-ray pulsar, including relativistic effects and a detailed representatio…
An Analytical Fourier-Transformation Model for the Production of Hard and Soft X-Ray Time Lags in AGNs: Application to 1H 0707-495
David C. Baughman, Peter A. Becker
The variability of the X-ray emission from active galactic nuclei is often characterized using time lags observed between soft and hard energy bands in the detector. The time lags…
A Generalized Analytical Model For Thermal And Bulk Comptonization In Accretion-Powered X-Ray Pulsars
Peter A. Becker, Michael T. Wolff
We develop a new theoretical model describing the formation of the radiation spectrum in accretion-powered X-ray pulsars as a result of bulk and thermal Comptonization of photons i…
Fitting strategies of accretion column models and application to the broadband spectrum of Cen X-3
Philipp Thalhammer, Matthias Bissinger, Ralf Ballhausen +10
Due to the complexity of modeling the radiative transfer inside the accretion columns of neutron star binaries, their X-ray spectra are still commonly described with phenomenologic…
X-ray emission from magnetized neutron star atmospheres at low mass accretion rates. I. Phase-averaged spectrum
E. Sokolova-Lapa, M. Gornostaev, J. Wilms +12
Recent observations of X-ray pulsars at low luminosities allow, for the first time, to compare theoretical models for the emission from highly magnetized neutron star atmospheres a…
A two-fluid model for black-hole accretion flows: Particle acceleration, outflows, and TeV emission
Jason P. Lee, Peter A. Becker
The multi-wavelength spectrum observed from M87 extends from radio wavelengths up to TeV gamma-ray energies. The radio through GeV components have been interpreted successfully usi…