The magnetic field in the X-ray binary Cyg X-1
Abstract
VLT FORS 1 observations indicate the presence of a variable significant magnetic field in the X-ray binary Cyg X-1. The importance of this investigation comes from the fact that it rules one of the most significant BH manifestations: the X-ray millisecond flickering, usually related to reconnection of magnetic lines in the innermost part of the accretion disc.
- Publication:
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Cosmic Magnetic Fields: From Planets, to Stars and Galaxies
- Pub Date:
- April 2009
- DOI:
- Bibcode:
- 2009IAUS..259..137K
- Keywords:
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- X-ray binaries;
- black hole physics;
- magnetic fields;
- spectropolarimetry;
- accretion