Astrophysical implications and observational prospects of X-ray polarimetry

• 1 January 1988
• journal article
• Published by American Astronomical Society in The Astrophysical Journal
• Vol. 324, 1056-1067
• https://doi.org/10.1086/165962

Abstract

Keywords

• ASTRONOMICAL SPECTROSCOPY
• POLARIMETRY
• STELLAR MASS ACCRETION
• X RAY SOURCES
• ACTIVE GALACTIC NUCLEI
• ASTRONOMICAL MODELS
• BLACK HOLES (ASTRONOMY)
• HIGH TEMPERATURE PLASMAS
• NONTHERMAL RADIATION
• RADIATION DISTRIBUTION