X-ray States of Black-Hole Binaries and Implications for the Mechanism of Steady Jets

dc.creatorRemillard, R. A.
dc.date2005-04-05
dc.date.accessioned2026-07-07T02:17:24Z
dc.date.available2026-07-07T02:17:24Z
dc.descriptionThe three X-ray states of active accretion in black-hole binaries have been re-defined to focus attention on different physical elements that may contribute radiation: the accretion disk, a jet, and a compact and radio-quiet corona. Examples of state evolution are displayed on a time line, and on a hardness-intensity diagram. The latter format allows a synthesis of these states with the ``unified model for black hole binary jets'' by Fender, Belloni, & Gallo (2004). As suggested by Corbel (2004), the ``jet line'' appears to coincide with the hard limit of the SPL state. In GX339-4, the broad power peaks in the PDS are confined to intermediate and hard states, where a jet is present. This suggests that these Fourier components are temporal signatures of non-thermal processes related to the jet mechanism, rather than properties inherent to a standard accretion disk.
dc.description10 pages, 8 figures, Procs., Texas@Stanford 2004, ed., P. Chen, SLAC Electronic Conference Proceedings Archive, 2005, in prep
dc.identifierhttps://arxiv.org/abs/astro-ph/0504129
dc.identifierhttp://arxiv.org/abs/astro-ph/0504129
dc.identifier.urihttp://salesiana.dossiersoluciones.com/handle/123456789/9158
dc.subjectAstrophysics
dc.titleX-ray States of Black-Hole Binaries and Implications for the Mechanism of Steady Jets
dc.typetext

Files

Collections