Schematic View of ULXs and SS 433 (3 of 3) (IMAGE)

National Institutes of Natural Sciences

Schematic View of ULXs and SS 433 (3 of 3)

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This is a schematic view of ULXs (looking from upper side) and SS 433 (looking from left side). Strong X-rays are emitted from the inner region of the supercritical accretion disk. Powerful winds are launched from the disk, which eventually emit spectral lines of helium ions and hydrogen atoms.

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Kyoto University

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