The ultraluminous state revisited : fractional variability and spectral shape as diagnostics of super-Eddington accretion
(2013)
Journal Article
Sutton, A., Roberts, T., & Middleton, M. (2013). The ultraluminous state revisited : fractional variability and spectral shape as diagnostics of super-Eddington accretion. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 435(2), 1758-1775. https://doi.org/10.1093/mnras/stt1419
Although we are nearing a consensus that most ultraluminous X-ray sources (ULXs) below 1041 erg s−1 represent stellar mass black holes accreting in a super-Eddington ‘ultraluminous’ accretion state, little is yet established of the physics of this ex... Read More about The ultraluminous state revisited : fractional variability and spectral shape as diagnostics of super-Eddington accretion.