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X-ray Properties of Black-Hole Binaries

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We review the properties and behavior X-ray binaries that contain an accreting black hole. The larger majority of such systems are X-ray transients, and many of them were observed in daily pointings with RXTE throughout the course of their outbursts. The complex evolution of these sources is described in terms of common behavior patterns illustrated with comprehensive overview diagrams for six selected systems. Central to this comparison are three X-ray states of accretion, which are reviewed and defined quantitatively. Each state yields phenomena that arise in strong gravitational fields. We sketch a scenario for the potential impact of black hole observations on physics and discuss a current frontier topic: the measurement of black hole spin.

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Ultra-High-Resolution Astronomy with the Solar Gravitational Lens

astro-ph.IM · 2026-06-16 · unverdicted · novelty 6.0

Presents an observability framework for solar gravitational lens astronomy and reports SSIM values of 0.993, 0.918, 0.973, and 0.923 for scalar reconstructions of four analytic scenes under stated assumptions.

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