Spectral components in black hole X-ray binaries
Abstract
This paper summarises our current understanding of the spectral continuum components observed in black hole X-ray binaries. The consequences for theoretical models are discussed with an emphasis on the constraints set by observations on the nature of the X-ray corona in different spectral states.
- Publication:
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Astronomische Nachrichten
- Pub Date:
- May 2016
- DOI:
- 10.1002/asna.201612319
- arXiv:
- arXiv:1511.05887
- Bibcode:
- 2016AN....337..391M
- Keywords:
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- accretion;
- accretion discs;
- black hole physics;
- plasmas;
- techniques: spectroscopic;
- X-rays: binaries;
- Astrophysics - High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena
- E-Print:
- 7 pages, 3 figures, invited review at the XMM-Newton 2015 Science Workshop, The Extremes of Black Hole Accretion, ESAC, Madrid, Spain, 8th - 10th June 2015, accepted for publication in Astronomische Nachrichten