The Hard Truth about Some "Soft" X-ray Transients
| dc.creator | Bandyopadhyay, R. M. | |
| dc.creator | Brocksopp, C. | |
| dc.creator | Fender, R. P. | |
| dc.date | 2002-07-18 | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2026-07-07T02:04:22Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2026-07-07T02:04:22Z | |
| dc.description | We have accumulated multiwavelength lightcurves for eight black hole X-ray binaries which have been observed to enter a supposed ``soft X-ray transient'' outburst, but which in fact remained in the low/hard state throughout the outburst. Comparison of the lightcurve morphologies, spectral behaviour, properties of the QPOs and the radio jet provides the first study of such objects as a subclass of X-ray transients (XRTs). However, rather than assuming that these hard state XRTs are different from ``canonical'' soft XRTs, we prefer to consider the possibility that a new analysis of both soft and hard state XRTs in a spectral context will provide a model capable of explaining the outburst mechanisms for the majority of black hole X-ray binaries. | |
| dc.description | 3 pages, 2 figures; to appear in the Proceedings of the 4th Microquasar Workshop, 2002, eds. Durouchoux, Fuchs & Rodriguez, published by the Center for Space Physics: Kolkata | |
| dc.identifier | https://arxiv.org/abs/astro-ph/0207386 | |
| dc.identifier | http://arxiv.org/abs/astro-ph/0207386 | |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://salesiana.dossiersoluciones.com/handle/123456789/4726 | |
| dc.subject | Astrophysics | |
| dc.title | The Hard Truth about Some "Soft" X-ray Transients | |
| dc.type | text |