Accretion Disc-Corona Models and X/gamma-ray Spectra of Accreting Black Holes
@article{Poutanen1998AccretionDM, title={Accretion Disc-Corona Models and X/gamma-ray Spectra of Accreting Black Holes}, author={Juri Poutanen}, journal={arXiv: Astrophysics}, year={1998} }
We discuss properties of thermal and hybrid (thermal/non-thermal) electron-positron plasmas in the pair and energy equilibria. Various accretion disc-corona models, recently proposed to explain properties of galactic as well as extragalactic accreting black holes, are confronted with the observed broad-band X-ray and gamma-ray spectra.
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