scholarly journals Analytic solution of the radiative transfer equation for the analysis of the efficiency and spatial resolution of a granular X-ray scintillator

2017 ◽  
Vol 25 (26) ◽  
pp. 32686 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hyeon Bo Shim ◽  
Jookwon Song ◽  
Jae W. Hahn
Keyword(s):  
Radiative Transfer ◽  
Spatial Resolution ◽  
Transfer Equation ◽  
Analytic Solution ◽  
Radiative Transfer Equation ◽  
X Ray

SUPERGIANT FAST X-RAY TRANSIENTS: SWIFT RESULTS AND THEORETICAL PROGRESS

2012 ◽  
Vol 08 ◽  
pp. 319-322
Author(s):  
◽  
RUBEN FARINELLI ◽  
PATRIZIA ROMANO ◽  
STEFANO VERCELLONE ◽  
C. CECCOBELLO ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Magnetic Field ◽  
Radiative Transfer ◽  
Strong Magnetic Field ◽  
Transfer Equation ◽  
Radiative Transfer Equation ◽  
X Ray ◽  
Preliminary Results ◽  
Theoretical Progress ◽  
Bulk Motion ◽  
Fast Transients

We present an overview of our Supergiant Fast X-ray Transients (SFXT) project, by highlighting the unique observational contribution Swift is giving to this exciting new field. Since 2007 Swift has been detecting outbursts from these fast transients with the BAT and following them intensively for days with the XRT so that we now have a firm estimate of the time SFXTs spend in each intensity phase. We summarize some preliminary results on our XSPEC model that numerically solves the bulk-motion radiative transfer equation with a strong magnetic field, in the Fokker-Planck approximation.

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