STOKES tables and KY codes

arXiv:2608.30677 · astro-ph.HE · Submitted 2026-08-31 · Read on arXiv

astro-ph.HE

Submitted: 2026-08-31

Updated: 2026-08-31

Comments: Invited chapter for the edited book "X-ray Polarimetry: Detection, Observations, Modeling and the Future" (Eds. Honghui Liu and Adam Ingram), Springer Singapore, expected in 2026

Code: https://github.com/jpodgorny/stokes_tables

License: http://arxiv.org/licenses/nonexclusive-distrib/1.0/

Terminology

• AGN — 32× in this paper · explained in 1 episode
• Abundance — 5× in this paper · explained in 1 episode
• Anisotropy — 3× in this paper · explained in 3 episodes
• Consistency — 3× in this paper · explained in 3 episodes
• Monte Carlo — 3× in this paper
• Gravitational Lensing — 2× in this paper · explained in 2 episodes
• Accretion Flows — 1× in this paper · explained in 1 episode
• Calibration — 1× in this paper · explained in 7 episodes

Sources

• An extended scheme for fitting X-ray data with accretion disk spectra in the strong gravity regime
• Thermal disc emission from a rotating black hole: X-ray polarization signatures
• Light bending scenario for accreting black holes in X-ray polarimetry
• An XSPEC model to explore spectral features from black-hole sources - II. The relativistic iron line in the lamp-post geometry
• Spectral and polarization properties of black hole accretion disc emission: including absorption effects
• A physical model for the broadband energy spectrum of X-ray illuminated accretion discs: fitting the spectral energy distribution of NGC 5548
• Spectral and polarization properties of reflected X-ray emission from black-hole accretion discs for a distant observer: the lamp-post model
• Polarization properties of thermal accretion disk emission. I. Direct radiation
• Spectral and polarization properties of reflected X-ray emission from black hole accretion discs
• X-ray Polarization of the Black Hole X-ray Binary 4U 1630-47 Challenges Standard Thin Accretion Disk Scenario
• Shape and ionization of equatorial matter near compact objects from X-ray polarization reflection signatures
• X-ray polarization of reflected thermal emission
• Escape probability methods versus "exact" transfer for modelling the X-ray spectrum of Active Galactic Nuclei and X-ray binaries
• The 2025 Release of Cloudy
• Modeling optical and UV polarization of AGNs I. Imprints of individual scattering regions
• Modeling optical and UV polarization of AGNs II. Polarization imaging and complex reprocessing
• Modeling optical and UV polarization of AGNs III. From uniform-density to clumpy regions
• Modeling optical and UV polarization of AGNs V. Dilution by interstellar polarization and the host galaxy
• X-ray reflected spectra from accretion disk models. I. Constant density atmospheres
• The structure and radiation spectra of illuminated accretion discs in AGN. I. Moderate illumination

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• XRISM Resolve Spectroscopy of GX 5-1: Constraints on Iron Spectral Features in a Luminous Neutron-Star Binary
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