Transient Phenomena and Outbursts from Galactic Black-Hole Candidates
Abstract
Description
The RossiXTE mission provided us with an unprecedentedly large database of X-ray observations of transient black-hole candidates. These systems are crucial for the understanding of the physical properties of mass accretion onto black holes. Here I review the results on a selected sample of systems and describe their behavior in a purely phenomenological way. From these results, we can derive a better classification of the spectral and timing characteristics of black hole candidates in terms of basic states.
In ``X-ray Emission from Accretion onto Black Holes'', proceedings of a workshop held by JHU and LHEA, in Baltimore, MD, June 20-23, 2001, eds. T. Yaqoob, & J. H. Krolik, published electronically (http://www.pha.jhu.edu/groups/astro/workshop2001/) 10 pages including 13 (12 b/w and 1 color) figures
In ``X-ray Emission from Accretion onto Black Holes'', proceedings of a workshop held by JHU and LHEA, in Baltimore, MD, June 20-23, 2001, eds. T. Yaqoob, & J. H. Krolik, published electronically (http://www.pha.jhu.edu/groups/astro/workshop2001/) 10 pages including 13 (12 b/w and 1 color) figures