Black Hole States: Accretion and Jet Ejection
Abstract
The complex spectral and timing properties of the high-energy emission from the accretion flow in black-hole binaries, together with their strong connection to the ejection of powerful relativistic jets from the system, can be simplified and reduced to four basic states: hard, hard-intermediate, soft-intermediate and soft. Unlike other classifications, these states are based on the presence of sharp state transitions. I summarize this classification and discuss the relation between these states and the physical components contributing to the emitted flux.
Cite
@article{arxiv.astro-ph/0504185,
title = {Black Hole States: Accretion and Jet Ejection},
author = {Tomaso Belloni},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:astro-ph/0504185},
year = {2009}
}
Comments
8 pages, 3 figures, in "Interacting Binaries: Accretion, Evolution and Outcomes", eds. L. A. Antonelli, et al., Procs. Interacting Binaries Meeting, Cefalu, Italy, June 2004, in press (AIP)