X-ray properties of black-hole binaries

RA Remillard, JE McClintock - Annu. Rev. Astron. Astrophys., 2006 - annualreviews.org
We review the properties and behavior of 20 X-ray binaries that contain a dynamically-
confirmed black hole, 17 of which are transient systems. During the past decade, many of …

Towards precision measurements of accreting black holes using X-ray reflection spectroscopy

C Bambi, LW Brenneman, T Dauser, JA Garcia… - Space Science …, 2021 - Springer
Relativistic reflection features are commonly observed in the X-ray spectra of accreting black
holes. In the presence of high quality data and with the correct astrophysical model, X-ray …

Improved reflection models of black hole accretion disks: treating the angular distribution of X-rays

J García, T Dauser, A Lohfink, TR Kallman… - The Astrophysical …, 2014 - iopscience.iop.org
ABSTRACT X-ray reflection models are used to constrain the properties of the accretion
disk, such as the degree of ionization of the gas and the elemental abundances. In …

Traversable wormhole geometries in gravity

Z Hassan, S Mandal, PK Sahoo - Fortschritte der Physik, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
The current interests in the universe motivate us to go beyond Einstein's General theory of
relativity. One of the interesting proposals comes from a new class of teleparallel gravity …

[HTML][HTML] Complexity-free solution generated by gravitational decoupling for anisotropic self-gravitating star in symmetric teleparallel f (Q)-gravity theory

SK Maurya, A Errehymy, MK Jasim, M Daoud… - The European Physical …, 2023 - Springer
In this work, we attempt to find an anisotropic solution for a compact star generated by
gravitational decoupling in f (Q)-gravity theory having a null complexity factor. To do this, we …

Testing the no-hair theorem with observations in the electromagnetic spectrum. II. Black hole images

T Johannsen, D Psaltis - The Astrophysical Journal, 2010 - iopscience.iop.org
According to the no-hair theorem, all astrophysical black holes are fully described by their
masses and spins. This theorem can be tested observationally by measuring (at least) three …

The masses and spins of neutron stars and stellar-mass black holes

MC Miller, JM Miller - Physics Reports, 2015 - Elsevier
Stellar-mass black holes and neutron stars represent extremes in gravity, density, and
magnetic fields. They therefore serve as key objects in the study of multiple frontiers of …

Twisting of light around rotating black holes

F Tamburini, B Thidé, G Molina-Terriza, G Anzolin - Nature Physics, 2011 - nature.com
Kerr black holes are among the most intriguing predictions of Einstein's general relativity
theory,. These rotating massive astrophysical objects drag and intermix their surrounding …

Radio loudness of active galactic nuclei: observational facts and theoretical implications

M Sikora, Ł Stawarz, JP Lasota - The Astrophysical Journal, 2007 - iopscience.iop.org
We investigate how the total radio luminosity of AGN-powered radio sources depends on
their accretion luminosity and the central black hole mass. Our studies cover about 7 orders …

Constraining black hole spin via X-ray spectroscopy

LW Brenneman, CS Reynolds - The Astrophysical Journal, 2006 - iopscience.iop.org
We present an analysis of the observed broad iron line feature and putative warm absorber
in the long 2001 XMM-Newton observation of the Seyfert 1.2 galaxy MCG-06-30-15. The …