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Anti-correlated hard X-ray time lags in Galactic black hole sources
We investigate the accretion disk geometry in Galactic black hole sources by
measuring the time delay between soft and hard X-ray emissions. Similar to the
recent discoveries of anti-correlated hard X-ray time lags in Cyg X-3 and GRS
1915+105, we find that the hard X-rays are anti-correlated with soft X-rays
with a significant lag in another source: XTE J1550-564. We also find the
existence of pivoting in the model independent X-ray spectrum during these
observations. We investigate time-resolved X-ray spectral parameters and find
that the variation in these parameters is consistent with the idea of a
truncated accretion disk. The QPO frequency, which is a measure of the size of
truncated accretion disk, too changes indicating that the geometric size of the
hard X-ray emitting region changes along with the spectral pivoting and soft
X-ray flux. Similar kind of delay is also noticed in 4U 1630-47.Comment: 14 pages, 7 figures, accepted for publication in Ap
Very smooth points of spaces of operators
In this paper we study very smooth points of Banach spaces with special
emphasis on spaces of operators. We show that when the space of compact
operators is an -ideal in the space of bounded operators, a very smooth
operator attains its norm at a unique vector (up to a constant
multiple) and is a very smooth point of the range space. We show that if
for every equivalent norm on a Banach space, the dual unit ball has a very
smooth point then the space has the Radon--Nikod\'{y}m property. We give an
example of a smooth Banach space without any very smooth points.Comment: 12 pages, no figures, no table
Groundwater externalities of surface irrigation transfers under National River Linking Project: Polavaram – Vijayawada link
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Anti-correlated time lags in the Z source GX 5-1: Possible evidence for a truncated accretion disk
We investigate the nature of the inner accretion disk in the neutron star
source GX 5-1 by making a detailed study of time lags between X-rays of
different energies. Using the cross-correlation analysis, we found
anti-correlated hard and soft time lags of the order of a few tens to a few
hundred seconds and the corresponding intensity states were mostly the
horizontal branch (HB) and upper normal branch (NB). The model independent and
dependent spectral analysis showed that during these time lags the structure of
accretion disk significantly varied. Both eastern and western approaches were
used to unfold the X-ray continuum and systematic changes were observed in soft
and hard spectral components. These changes along with a systematic shift in
the frequency of quasi-periodic oscillations (QPOs) made it substantially
evident that the geometry of the accretion disk is truncated. Simultaneous
energy spectral and power density spectral study shows that the production of
the horizontal branch oscillations (HBOs) are closely related to the
Comptonizing region rather than the disk component in the accretion disk. We
found that as the HBO frequency decreases from the hard apex to upper HB, the
disk temperature increases along with an increase in the coronal temperature
which is in sharp contrast with the changes found in black hole binaries where
the decrease in QPO frequency is accompanied by a decrease in the disk
temperature and a simultaneous increase in the coronal temperature. We discuss
the results in the context of re-condensation of coronal material in the inner
region of the disk.Comment: 40 pages, 7 figures, accepted for publication in The Astrophysical
Journal Supplement (ApJS
Spectral Signatures of Winds from Accretion Disks Around Black Holes
We show that with the wind/jet activity, the spectral index of hard X-ray is
changed in galactic microquasars. When mass loss takes place, the spectrum
becomes softer and when mass gain takes place, the spectrum becomes harder. We
present examples of such changes in GRS1915+105.Comment: 4 pages, 2 figures To be published in the Proceedings of 10th Marcel
Grossman Meeting, Ed. R. Ruffini et al. (World Scientific: Singapore
The liquid state. 1. The arrangement of atoms
The liquid state of matter is of great practical importance. The arrangement of atoms in a liquid is more disordered than in a crystal, and can be studied by the scattering of X-rays. This disordered arrangement is described statistically by the pair correlation function g(r), which gives the relative probability of an atom having a neighbour at a distance r
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