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Radiation Transfer in Accretion Disk Coronae

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Part of the book series: Astrophysics and Space Science Library ((ASSL,volume 113))

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The physics of X-ray excited accretion disk coronae is described. A numerical model for the hydrostatic inner region, including radiation transfer effects, is presented. The resulting appearance is compared to recent observations of X-ray dips in several X-ray binaries. We also discuss the dynamical effects of X-ray induced mass loss, which originates at large radius in the disk.

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  1. Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, University of California, Livermore, California, 94550, USA

    Richard A. London

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  1. Harvard Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics, Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA

    Donald Q. Lamb  & Joseph Patterson  & 

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London, R.A. (1985). Radiation Transfer in Accretion Disk Coronae. In: Lamb, D.Q., Patterson, J. (eds) Cataclysmic Variables and Low-Mass X-Ray Binaries. Astrophysics and Space Science Library, vol 113. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-009-5319-2_15

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