[HTML][HTML] Advances in understanding high-mass X-ray binaries with INTEGRALand future directions

P Kretschmar, F Fürst, L Sidoli, E Bozzo… - New Astronomy …, 2019 - Elsevier
High mass X-ray binaries are among the brightest X-ray sources in the Milky Way, as well as
in nearby Galaxies. Thanks to their highly variable emissions and complex phenomenology …

WATCHDOG: a comprehensive all-sky database of galactic black hole X-ray binaries

BE Tetarenko, GR Sivakoff, CO Heinke… - The Astrophysical …, 2016 - iopscience.iop.org
With the advent of more sensitive all-sky instruments, the transient universe is being probed
in greater depth than ever before. Taking advantage of available resources, we have …

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 …

The NICER “Reverberation Machine”: A Systematic Study of Time Lags in Black Hole X-Ray Binaries

J Wang, E Kara, M Lucchini, A Ingram… - The Astrophysical …, 2022 - iopscience.iop.org
We perform the first systematic search of all NICER archival observations of black hole (and
candidate) low-mass X-ray binaries for signatures of reverberation. Reverberation lags …

The radio/X-ray domain of black hole X-ray binaries at the lowest radio luminosities

E Gallo, JCA Miller-Jones, DM Russell… - Monthly Notices of …, 2014 - academic.oup.com
We report on deep, coordinated radio and X-ray observations of the black hole X-ray binary
XTE J1118+ 480 in quiescence. The source was observed with the Karl G. Jansky Very …

The soft state of Cygnus X-1 observed with NuSTAR: a variable corona and a stable inner disk

DJ Walton, JA Tomsick, KK Madsen… - The Astrophysical …, 2016 - iopscience.iop.org
We present a multi-epoch hard X-ray analysis of Cygnus X-1 in its soft state based on four
observations with the Nuclear Spectroscopic Telescope Array (NuSTAR). Despite the basic …

Disk, corona, jet connection in the intermediate state of MAXI J1820+ 070 revealed by NICER spectral-timing analysis

J Wang, G Mastroserio, E Kara, JA García… - The Astrophysical …, 2021 - iopscience.iop.org
We analyze five epochs of Neutron star Interior Composition Explorer (NICER) data of the
black hole X-ray binary MAXI J1820+ 070 during the bright hard-to-soft state transition in its …

The reflection component from Cygnus X-1 in the soft state measured by NuSTAR and Suzaku

JA Tomsick, MA Nowak, M Parker… - The Astrophysical …, 2013 - iopscience.iop.org
The black hole binary Cygnus X-1 was observed in late 2012 with the Nuclear
Spectroscopic Telescope Array (NuSTAR) and Suzaku, providing spectral coverage over …

Alternative explanations for extreme supersolar iron abundances inferred from the energy spectrum of cygnus X-1

JA Tomsick, ML Parker, JA García… - The Astrophysical …, 2018 - iopscience.iop.org
Here we study a 1–200 keV energy spectrum of the black hole binary Cygnus X-1 taken with
NuSTAR and Suzaku. This is the first report of a NuSTAR observation of Cyg X-1 in the …

Gamma rays detected from Cygnus X-1 with likely jet origin

R Zanin, A Fernández-Barral… - Astronomy & …, 2016 - aanda.org
Aims. We probe the high-energy (> 60 MeV) emission from the black hole X-ray binary
system, Cygnus X-1, and investigate its origin. Methods. We analyzed 7.5 yr of data by Fermi …