Xspec Table Models

BHSPEC

BHSPEC is an additive table model for use with the Xspec spectral fitting package. It is comprised of a tabulation of artificial SEDs for disks accreting onto black holes. These SEDs were computed using the TLUSTY stellar atmospheres code.

Original Xspec table models:
These table files were the first to be publicly released and are available via the Xspec website.
bhspec.fits covers a spin (a/M) range from 0 to 0.8 for alpha 0.01 and 0.1.
bhspec2.fits covers a larger range in spins (a/M from 0 to 0.99) but is tabulated only for alpha=0.01.

New Xspec table models:
These table files are identical to the originals (above), but cover a wider range of parameter space in spin and mass.
bhspe_spin_0.1.fits covers an extended spin (a/M) range from -1.0 to 0.8 for alpha=0.1.
bhspec_spin_0.01.fits covers an extended spin (a/M) range from -1.0 to 0.99 for alpha=0.01
bhspec_mass_0.1.fits covers an extended mass range from 3 to 300 solar masses for alpha=0.1
bhspec_mass_0.01.fits covers an extended mass range from 3 to 300 solar masses for alpha=0.01
bhspec_mean_0.1.fits mean stress prescription with alpha=0.1

Brief summary of the BHSPEC model: bhspec.ps bhspec.pdf

If these models are used for published research, Davis & Hubeny (2006) should be cited:
"A Grid of Relativistic, non-LTE Accretion Disk Models for Spectral Fitting of Black Hole Binaries"
Davis, S. W. & Hubeny, I. 2006, ApJS, 164, 530 [ADS]

A selection of publications which utilize these models:

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A selection of other related publications:

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