Understanding the relativistic accretion disk of GRS 1915 + 105

Belloni, Tomaso; Matt, Giorgio; Karas, Vladimír; Feroci, Marco; Martocchia, Andrea

France, Italy, Czech Republic

Abstract

We discuss the evidence for GRS 1915 + 105 hosting an optically thick, relativistic accretion disk (at least in some spectral phases). We give particular emphasis to the iron line phenomenology.

2006 Advances in Space Research
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