The INTEGRAL view on black hole X-ray binaries

SE Motta, J Rodriguez, E Jourdain, M Del Santo… - New Astronomy …, 2021 - Elsevier
INTEGRAL is an ESA mission in fundamental astrophysics that was launched in October
2002. It has been in orbit for over 18 years, during which it has been observing the high …

X-ray astronomy comes of age

BJ Wilkes, W Tucker, N Schartel, M Santos-Lleo - Nature, 2022 - nature.com
Abstract The Chandra X-ray Observatory (Chandra) and the X-ray Multi-Mirror Mission (XMM-
Newton) continue to expand the frontiers of knowledge about high-energy processes in the …

Regulation of black-hole accretion by a disk wind during a violent outburst of V404 Cygni

T Muñoz-Darias, J Casares, DM Sánchez, RP Fender… - Nature, 2016 - nature.com
Accretion of matter onto black holes is universally associated with strong radiative feedback
and powerful outflows. In particular, black-hole transients have outflows whose properties …

The fundamental plane of black hole accretion and its use as a black hole-mass estimator

K Gültekin, AL King, EM Cackett, K Nyland… - The Astrophysical …, 2019 - iopscience.iop.org
We present an analysis of the fundamental plane of black hole accretion, an empirical
correlation of the mass of a black hole (M), its 5 GHz radio continuum luminosity (νL ν), and …

Positron annihilation signatures associated with the outburst of the microquasar V404 Cygni

T Siegert, R Diehl, J Greiner, MGH Krause… - Nature, 2016 - nature.com
Abstract Microquasars,,, are stellar-mass black holes accreting matter from a companion star
and ejecting plasma jets at almost the speed of light. They are analogues of quasars that …

Wideband study of the brightest black hole X-ray binary 4U 1543− 47 in the 2021 outburst: signature of disc-wind regulated accretion

G Prabhakar, S Mandal, GR Bhuvana… - Monthly Notices of the …, 2023 - academic.oup.com
ABSTRACT A comprehensive wideband spectral analysis of the brightest black hole X-ray
binary 4U 1543− 47 during its 2021 outburst is carried out for the first time using NICER …

An elevation of 0.1 light-seconds for the optical jet base in an accreting Galactic black hole system

P Gandhi, M Bachetti, VS Dhillon, RP Fender… - Nature …, 2017 - nature.com
Relativistic plasma jets are observed in many systems that host accreting black holes.
According to theory, coiled magnetic fields close to the black hole accelerate and collimate …

Living on a flare: relativistic reflection in V404 Cyg observed by NuSTAR during its summer 2015 outburst

DJ Walton, K Mooley, AL King, JA Tomsick… - The Astrophysical …, 2017 - iopscience.iop.org
We present first results from a series of NuSTAR observations of the black hole X-ray binary
V404 Cyg obtained during its summer 2015 outburst, primarily focusing on observations …

Simultaneous X-ray and optical spectroscopy of V404 Cygni supports the multi-phase nature of X-ray binary accretion disc winds

T Muñoz-Darias, G Ponti - Astronomy & Astrophysics, 2022 - aanda.org
Observational signatures of accretion disc winds have been found in a significant number of
low-mass X-ray binaries at either X-ray or optical wavelengths. The 2015 outburst of the …

The obscured X-ray binaries V404 Cyg, Cyg X–3, V4641 Sgr, and GRS 1915+ 105

KII Koljonen, JA Tomsick - Astronomy & Astrophysics, 2020 - aanda.org
Aims. V404 Cyg, Cyg X–3, V4641 Sgr, and GRS 1915+ 105 are among the brightest X-ray
binaries and display complex behavior in their multiwavelength emission. Except for Cyg X …