Quasi-Periodic Variability and the Inner Radii of Thin Accretion Disks in Galactic Black Hole Systems
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- 1 December 1999
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American Astronomical Society in The Astrophysical Journal
- Vol. 526 (2) , L101-L104
- https://doi.org/10.1086/312369
Abstract
We calculate upper bounds on the inner radii of geometrically thin accretion disks in galactic black hole systems by relating their rapid variability properties to those of neutron stars. We infer that the inner disk radii do not exhibit large excursions between different spectral states, in contrast with the concept that the disk retreats significantly during the soft-to-hard-state transition. We find that, in the hard state, the accretion disks extend down to radii 6-25 GM/c2 and discuss the implications of our results for models of black hole X-ray spectra.Keywords
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