The Evolution of Black Hole States

By J. Homan, T. Belloni. 2004

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We discuss the evolution of black hole transients on the basis of a few systems that were intensively observed with the Rossi X-ray Timing Explorer (rxte). We focus on the global evolution and the observed state transitions. Rather than giving a numerical recipe for classifying observations, we try to identify times during outbursts at which clear changes occur in the X-ray variability, X-ray spectral, or multi-wavelength properties.

Subfields: Astronomy and Astrophysics, Nuclear and High Energy Physics

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In Astronomy and Astrophysics

1. Robert P. Fender
2. T. Belloni
3. E. Koerding
4. J. Homan
5. G. Sivakoff
6. C. Heinke
7. J. Gladstone
8. B. Tetarenko

In Nuclear and High Energy Physics

1. Robert P. Fender
2. T. Belloni
3. E. Koerding
4. J. Homan
5. G. Sivakoff
6. C. Brocksopp
7. A. Tzioumis
8. C. Heinke

Citations in the corpus

• Jets from black hole X-ray binaries: testing, refining and extending empirical models for the coupling to X-rays (2009, background): “…display different accretion ‘states’, characterised primarily by different X-ray spectral and variability properties (e.g. Nowak 1995; Homan et al. 2001; Homan & Belloni 2005, hereafter HB05; Remillard & McClintock 2006; Klein-Wolt & van der Klis 2007; Done, Gierlinski & Kubota 2007; Belloni 2009).”
• A global spectral study of black hole X-ray binaries (2009, background): “As described in detail in Fender et al. (2004) but see also Nowak (1995); Done & Gierliński (2003); Homan & Belloni (2005); Remillard & McClintock (2006); Done et al. (2007); Belloni (2009), the outburst starts in the “low-hard” state.”
• Radiatively efficient accreting black holes in the hard state: the case study of H1743-322 (2011, background): “Several spectral states have been identified based on the relative strengths and properties of the different X-ray emitting components (see e.g., McClintock & Remillard 2006; Homan & Belloni 2005).”
• WATCHDOG: A COMPREHENSIVE ALL-SKY DATABASE OF GALACTIC BLACK HOLE X-RAY BINARIES (2015, background): “…pattern presented above has been modelled after numerous outbursts of GX 339−4 (Zdziarski et al. 2004; Fender et al. 2004; Belloni et al. 2005; Homan & Belloni 2005; Del Santo et al. 2008; Belloni 2010; Motta et al. 2009; Corbel et al. 2013; Debnath et al. 2013b) and can be observed in a…”
• THE EXTREME SPIN OF THE BLACK HOLE IN CYGNUS X-1 (2011, unknown): “In the alternative state classificationscheme of Homan & Belloni (2005), the only states reached by Cygnus X-1 are theLow/Hard, Hard-Intermediate and Soft-Intermediate, which correspond respectively to our hard, intermediate (i.e., hard:SPL) and SPL states.”
• Global optical/infrared-X-ray correlations in X-ray binaries: quantifying disc and jet contributions (2006, background): “…spectrum and strong variability and the soft (or high/soft ; thermal–dominant) state, where a thermal spectrum dominates with a powerlaw contribution (see McClintock & Remillard 2006 for a review of X-ray states; see also Homan et al. 2001; Fender, Belloni & Gallo 2004; Homan & Belloni 2005).”