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A Quantitative Study of Limb Darkening in Accretion Disks

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  12 April 2016

M. P. Diaz
Affiliation:
Department of Astronomy, Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA 16802, USA
R. A. Wade
Affiliation:
Department of Astronomy, Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA 16802, USA
I. Hubeny
Affiliation:
Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, MD 20771, USA

Abstract

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The UV emission of accretion disks was synthesized for a grid of optically thick models that cover the high- nova-like regime, aiming to quantify the effect of limb darkening in the integrated and radially resolved spectrum of the disk.

Type
Accretion Discs
Copyright
Copyright © Kluwer 1996

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