An overview of jets and outflows in stellar mass black holes

Jul 14, 2014
15 pages
Published in:
  • Space Sci.Rev. 183 (2014) 1-4, 323-337
  • Published: 2014
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Abstract: (arXiv)
In this book chapter, we will briefly review the current empirical understanding of the relation between accretion state and and outflows in accreting stellar mass black holes. The focus will be on the empirical connections between X-ray states and relativistic (`radio') jets, although we are now also able to draw accretion disc winds into the picture in a systematic way. We will furthermore consider the latest attempts to measure/order jet power, and to compare it to other (potentially) measurable quantities, most importantly black hole spin.
Note:
  • Accepted for publication in Space Science Reviews. Also to appear in the Space Sciences Series of ISSI - The Physics of Accretion on to Black Holes (Springer Publisher)
  • Jets
  • X-ray binaries
  • Black hole physics