Discovery of oscillations above 200 keV in a black hole X-ray binary with Insight-HXMT

X Ma, L Tao, SN Zhang, L Zhang, QC Bu, MY Ge… - Nature …, 2021 - nature.com
Low-frequency quasiperiodic oscillations (LFQPOs) are commonly found in black hole X-ray
binaries, and their origin is still under debate. The properties of LFQPOs at high energies …

An extremely powerful long-lived superluminal ejection from the black hole MAXI J1820+ 070

JS Bright, RP Fender, SE Motta, DRA Williams… - Nature …, 2020 - nature.com
Black holes in binary systems execute patterns of outburst activity where two characteristic X-
ray states are associated with different behaviours observed at radio wavelengths. The hard …

Systematically Revisiting All NuSTAR Spins of Black Holes in X-Ray Binaries

PA Draghis, JM Miller, E Costantini… - The Astrophysical …, 2024 - iopscience.iop.org
We extend our recent work on black hole spin in X-ray binary systems to include an analysis
of 189 archival NuSTAR observations from 24 sources. Using self-consistent data reduction …

The NICER “Reverberation Machine”: A Systematic Study of Time Lags in Black Hole X-Ray Binaries

J Wang, E Kara, M Lucchini, A Ingram… - The Astrophysical …, 2022 - iopscience.iop.org
We perform the first systematic search of all NICER archival observations of black hole (and
candidate) low-mass X-ray binaries for signatures of reverberation. Reverberation lags …

A new radio census of neutron star X-ray binaries

J Van Den Eijnden, N Degenaar… - Monthly Notices of …, 2021 - academic.oup.com
We report new radio observations of a sample of 36 neutron star (NS) X-ray binaries, more
than doubling the sample in the literature observed at current-day sensitivities. These …

The black hole transient MAXI J1348–630: evolution of the compact and transient jets during its 2019/2020 outburst

F Carotenuto, S Corbel, E Tremou… - Monthly Notices of …, 2021 - academic.oup.com
We present the radio and X-ray monitoring campaign of the 2019/2020 outburst of MAXI
J1348–630, a new black hole X-ray binary (BH XRB) discovered in 2019 January. We …

The comptonizing medium of the black hole X-ray binary MAXI J1535− 571 through type-C quasi-periodic oscillations

D Rawat, M Méndez, F García… - Monthly Notices of …, 2023 - academic.oup.com
We present a detailed spectral and temporal analysis of the black hole candidate MAXI
J1535− 571 using NICER observations in 2017 September and October. We focus …

The evolution of the corona in MAXI J1535−571 through type-C quasi-periodic oscillations with Insight-HXMT

Y Zhang, M Méndez, F García, SN Zhang… - Monthly Notices of …, 2022 - academic.oup.com
Type-C quasi-periodic oscillations (QPOs) in black hole X-ray transients can appear when
the source is in the low-hard and hard-intermediate states. The spectral-timing evolution of …

Observational signatures of disc and jet misalignment in images of accreting black holes

K Chatterjee, Z Younsi, M Liska… - Monthly Notices of …, 2020 - academic.oup.com
Black hole (BH) accretion is one of nature's most efficient energy extraction processes.
When gas falls in, a significant fraction of its gravitational binding energy is either converted …

Dual-corona Comptonization model for the type-b quasi-periodic oscillations in GX 339-4

V Peirano, M Méndez, F García… - Monthly Notices of the …, 2023 - academic.oup.com
Characterizing the fast variability in black hole low-mass X-ray binaries (BHXBs) can help us
to understand the geometrical and physical nature of the innermost regions of these …