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A Model for a Thin Magnetised Disc in LMC X-3

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  25 May 2016

P. Hoyng
P. Hoyng*
Affiliation:
SRON Laboratory for Space Research, Utrecht, The Netherlands (p.hoyng@sron.ruu.nl)

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A model for the stationary radial distribution of the magnetic energy-stress tensor <BB> in a standard thin disc is presented, with allowance for magnetic torques and dissipation, see Fig. 1. The model is an extension of earlier work by Schramkowski et al. (1996). For LMC X-3, <B2>1/2 reaches ~ 4 × 105 G near the inner edge of the disc, and the magnetic pressure is much smaller than the sum of gas and radiation pressure.

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Session 3: Diagnostics of High Gravity Objects with X- and Gamma Rays
Information
Symposium - International Astronomical Union , Volume 188: The Hot Universe , 1998 , pp. 379 - 380
Copyright
Copyright © Kluwer 1998 

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