Black Hole X-Ray Transients during Outburst Decay

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Sep 2001

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=2001cxo..prop..816t&link_type=abstract

Chandra Proposal ID #03400646

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Chandra Proposal Id #03400646

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Most observations of black hole candidate (BHC) X-ray transients have been made when the sources are at very high luminosity (>1E36 erg/s) or very low luminosity (<1E32 erg/s), and not much observing time has been devoted to intermediate luminosities. Observations in this intermediate regime are critical since the competing theoretical models predict different emission properties here. We propose to use Chandra to observe a BHC X-ray transient in this luminosity regime during outburst decay. These observations will provide constraints on accretion geometries and emission mechanisms and will provide definitive tests of existing theoretical models. We have an active RXTE program for observing these systems during decay, and will use our RXTE observations to trigger this TOO.

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