Suzaku Studies of White Dwarf Stars and the Galactic X-ray Background Emission

• Main Author: Yuasa, Takayuki (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Tokyo : Springer Japan : Imprint: Springer, 2013.
• Series: Springer Theses, Recognizing Outstanding Ph.D. Research,
• Subjects: Physics.; Observations, Astronomical.; Astronomy > Observations.; Physical measurements.; Measurement.; Astronomy, Observations and Techniques.; Measurement Science and Instrumentation.

This thesis presents a study of the origin of an apparently extended X-ray emission associated with the Galactic ridge. The study was carried out with broadband spectra obtained from mapping observations in the Galactic bulge region conducted in 2005–2010 by the Suzaku space X-ray observatory. The s...

Table of Contents:

• Review of the Galactic X-ray Background Emission and White Dwarf Binaries
• Constructing an X-ray Model of Accreting White Dwarf Binaries
• Instrumentation
• Estimating the Masses of White Dwarfs in Magnetic Cataclysmic Variables
• Decomposing the Galactic Ridge X-ray Emission.