pith. sign in

arxiv: 1407.7373 · v1 · pith:5VFZOOEFnew · submitted 2014-07-28 · 🌌 astro-ph.HE

Fast variability from black-hole binaries

Tomaso M. Belloni (INAF-Osservatorio Astronomico di Brera) , Luigi Stella (INAF-Osservatorio Astronomico di Roma) This is my paper
classification 🌌 astro-ph.HE
keywords beenbinariesblack-holecomplexfastinterpretobservationalvariability
0
0 comments X
read the original abstract

Currently available information on fast variability of the X-ray emission from accreting collapsed objects constitutes a complex phenomenology which is difficult to interpret. We review the current observational standpoint for black-hole binaries and survey models that have been proposed to interpret it. Despite the complex structure of the accretion flow, key observational diagnostics have been identified which can provide direct access to the dynamics of matter motions in the close vicinity of black holes and thus to the some of fundamental properties of curved spacetimes, where strong-field general relativistic effects can be observed.

This paper has not been read by Pith yet.

discussion (0)

Sign in with ORCID, Apple, or X to comment. Anyone can read and Pith papers without signing in.

Forward citations

Cited by 1 Pith paper

Reviewed papers in the Pith corpus that reference this work. Sorted by Pith novelty score.

  1. An atypical X-ray variability component in the black hole candidate AT2019wey

    astro-ph.HE 2026-06 unverdicted novelty 5.0

    Detection of an imaginary QPO in AT2019wey whose frequency drops from ~5 Hz to ~1 Hz with rising phase lags as the source transitions through HIMS and LHS, showing U-shaped phase-lag spectrum in HIMS.