A Close Look at the State Transitions of Galactic Black Hole Transients during Outburst Decay

2004 ◽  
Vol 603 (1) ◽  
pp. 231-241 ◽  
Author(s):  
E. Kalemci ◽  
J. A. Tomsick ◽  
R. E. Rothschild ◽  
K. Pottschmidt ◽  
P. Kaaret
Keyword(s):  
Black Hole ◽  
The State ◽  
State Transitions ◽  
Galactic Black Hole

Rapid State Transitions in the Galactic Black Hole Candidate Source GRS 1915+105

2000 ◽  
Vol 544 (1) ◽  
pp. 443-452 ◽  
Author(s):  
A. R. Rao ◽  
J. S. Yadav ◽  
B. Paul
Keyword(s):  
Black Hole ◽  
State Transitions ◽  
Black Hole Candidate ◽  
Galactic Black Hole

scholarly journals Multiwavelength Observations of the Galactic Black Hole Transient 4U 1543−47 during Outburst Decay: State Transitions and Jet Contribution

2005 ◽  
Vol 622 (1) ◽  
pp. 508-519 ◽  
Author(s):  
E. Kalemci ◽  
J. A. Tomsick ◽  
M. M. Buxton ◽  
R. E. Rothschild ◽  
K. Pottschmidt ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Black Hole ◽  
State Transitions ◽  
Galactic Black Hole ◽  
Decay State ◽  
Multiwavelength Observations

scholarly journals The Galactic Black Hole Transient H1743−322 during Outburst Decay: Connections between Timing Noise, State Transitions, and Radio Emission

2006 ◽  
Vol 639 (1) ◽  
pp. 340-347 ◽  
Author(s):  
E. Kalemci ◽  
J. A. Tomsick ◽  
R. E. Rothschild ◽  
K. Pottschmidt ◽  
S. Corbel ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Black Hole ◽  
Radio Emission ◽  
State Transitions ◽  
Galactic Black Hole ◽  
Timing Noise

scholarly journals A NICER look at the state transitions of the black hole candidate MAXI J1535−571 during its reflares

2020 ◽  
Vol 496 (2) ◽  
pp. 1001-1012 ◽  
Author(s):  
V A Cúneo ◽  
K Alabarta ◽  
L Zhang ◽  
D Altamirano ◽  
M Méndez ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Black Hole ◽  
Neutron Star ◽  
Timing Analysis ◽  
The State ◽  
State Transitions ◽  
X Ray ◽  
Black Hole Binaries ◽  
Black Hole Candidate ◽  
Hard State ◽  
Higher Sensitivity

ABSTRACT The black hole candidate and X-ray binary MAXI J1535−571 was discovered in 2017 September. During the decay of its discovery outburst, and before returning to quiescence, the source underwent at least four reflaring events, with peak luminosities of ∼1035–36 erg s−1 (d/4.1 kpc)2. To investigate the nature of these flares, we analysed a sample of NICER (Neutron star Interior Composition Explorer) observations taken with almost daily cadence. In this work, we present the detailed spectral and timing analysis of the evolution of the four reflares. The higher sensitivity of NICER at lower energies, in comparison with other X-ray detectors, allowed us to constrain the disc component of the spectrum at ∼0.5 keV. We found that during each reflare the source appears to trace out a q-shaped track in the hardness–intensity diagram similar to those observed in black hole binaries during full outbursts. MAXI J1535−571 transits between the hard state (valleys) and softer states (peaks) during these flares. Moreover, the Comptonized component is undetected at the peak of the first reflare, while the disc component is undetected during the valleys. Assuming the most likely distance of 4.1 kpc, we find that the hard-to-soft transitions take place at the lowest luminosities ever observed in a black hole transient, while the soft-to-hard transitions occur at some of the lowest luminosities ever reported for such systems.

scholarly journals Discovery and state transitions of the new Galactic black hole candidate MAXI J1535−571

2018 ◽  
Vol 70 (5) ◽  
Author(s):  
Satoshi Nakahira ◽  
Megumi Shidatsu ◽  
Kazuo Makishima ◽  
Yoshihiro Ueda ◽  
Kazutaka Yamaoka ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Black Hole ◽  
State Transitions ◽  
Black Hole Candidate ◽  
Galactic Black Hole

scholarly journals A minimal timescale for the continuum in 4U 1608-52 and Aql X-1

2021 ◽  
Vol 502 (1) ◽  
pp. L72-L78
Author(s):  
K Mohamed ◽  
E Sonbas ◽  
K S Dhuga ◽  
E Göğüş ◽  
A Tuncer ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Black Hole ◽  
Neutron Star ◽  
Power Spectra ◽  
Light Curves ◽  
State Transitions ◽  
Strong Positive Correlation ◽  
Present Evidence ◽  
X Ray ◽  
X Ray Binaries ◽  
The Continuum

ABSTRACT Similar to black hole X-ray binary transients, hysteresis-like state transitions are also seen in some neutron-star X-ray binaries. Using a method based on wavelets and light curves constructed from archival Rossi X-ray Timing Explorer observations, we extract a minimal timescale over the complete range of transitions for 4U 1608-52 during the 2002 and 2007 outbursts and the 1999 and 2000 outbursts for Aql X-1. We present evidence for a strong positive correlation between this minimal timescale and a similar timescale extracted from the corresponding power spectra of these sources.

scholarly journals 2.4. Collisional stellar dynamics around a central galactic black hole

1998 ◽  
Vol 184 ◽  
pp. 65-66
Author(s):  
Marc Freitag ◽  
Willy Benz
Keyword(s):  
Black Holes ◽  
Black Hole ◽  
Stellar Dynamics ◽  
Stellar Cluster ◽  
Stellar Collisions ◽  
Galactic Black Hole ◽  
Tidal Disruptions

Massive but invisible black holes (BH) are often assumed to lurk in the center of many galaxies but definitive proof of their existence has not yet been established. However, in the surrounding stellar cluster stars are unavoidably being destroyed by tidal disruptions and stellar collisions liberating of order 1M⊙ in each event. The subsequent accretion of this gas by the BH could bring it back to “life” and reveal its presence.

Marked point processes as limits of Markovian arrival streams

1993 ◽  
Vol 30 (02) ◽  
pp. 365-372 ◽  
Author(s):  
Søren Asmussen ◽  
Ger Koole
Keyword(s):  
Point Process ◽  
Point Processes ◽  
Marked Point ◽  
The State ◽  
Marked Point Processes ◽  
Marked Point Process ◽  
State Transitions ◽  
Poisson Arrival ◽  
Convergence Of Moments ◽  
Environmental Process

A Markovian arrival stream is a marked point process generated by the state transitions of a given Markovian environmental process and Poisson arrival rates depending on the environment. It is shown that to a given marked point process there is a sequence of such Markovian arrival streams with the property that as m →∞. Various related corollaries (involving stationarity, convergence of moments and ergodicity) and counterexamples are discussed as well.

THE EFFECTS OF DIFFERENT PERTURBATIONS ON THE DYNAMICS OF THE ACCRETION DISK AROUND THE BLACK HOLE

2007 ◽  
Vol 22 (10) ◽  
pp. 1875-1898 ◽  
Author(s):  
ORHAN DÖNMEZ
Keyword(s):  
Shock Wave ◽  
Black Hole ◽  
Shock Waves ◽  
Accretion Disk ◽  
Periodic Oscillation ◽  
Single Star ◽  
Special Cases ◽  
Galactic Black Hole ◽  
General Relativistic ◽  
Armed Spiral

We investigate the special cases of the formation of shocks in the accretion disks around the nonrotating (Schwarzschild) black holes in cases where one or few stars perturb the disk. We model the structure of disk with a 2D fully general relativistic hydrodynamic code and investigate a variety of cases in which the stars interacting with the disk are captured at various locations. We have found the following results: (1) if the stars perturb the disk at nonsymmetric locations, a moving one-armed spiral shock wave is produced and it destroys the disk eventually; (2) if the disk is perturbed by a single star located close to the black hole, a standing shock wave is produced while the disk becomes an accretion tori; (3) if the disk is perturbed by stars at symmetric locations, moving two-armed spiral shock waves are produced while the disk reaches a steady state; (4) continuous injection of matter into the stable disk produces a standing shock wave behind the black hole. Our outcomes reinforce the view that different perturbations on the stable accretion disk carry out different types of shock waves which produce Quasi-Periodic Oscillation (QPO) phenomena in galactic black hole candidates and it is observed as a X-ray.

scholarly journals UNDERSTANDING GALACTIC BLACK HOLE CANDIDATE GRS 1915+105

2002 ◽  
pp. 2279-2288 ◽  
Author(s):  
SANDIP K. CHAKRABARTI ◽  
S.G. MANICKAM ◽  
A. NANDI ◽  
A.R. RAO
Keyword(s):  
Black Hole ◽  
Black Hole Candidate ◽  
Galactic Black Hole
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