``Canonical'' Black Hole States in the Superluminal Source GRO J1655-40

Details ``Canonical'' Black Hole States in the Superluminal Source GRO J1655-40 ``Canonical'' Black Hole States in the Superluminal Source GRO J1655-40

1998-04-14

arxiv.org/abs/astro-ph/9804128v1

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astrophysics

To appear in ApJL. AAS LaTex v4.0 (9 pages, 2 ps-figures)

Scientific paper

10.1086/311368

We analyze RXTE/PCA observations of the black hole candidate and galactic superluminal source GRO J1655-40 during its recent outburst. We show that during its decay to quiescence, GRO J1655-40 goes through the high, intermediate, and low state (and that at the beginning of its decay it might have even shown signatures of a very high state), just like other black hole candidates. This is the first time that such a transition is observed in a galactic superluminal source. We discuss what are the implications of these results on the hypothesis that the spin of the black hole in superluminal sources is much higher than in other black hole candidates.

Affiliated with

Also associated with

No associations

Rating

``Canonical'' Black Hole States in the Superluminal Source GRO J1655-40 does not yet have a rating. At this time, there are no reviews or comments for this scientific paper.

If you have personal experience with ``Canonical'' Black Hole States in the Superluminal Source GRO J1655-40, we encourage you to share that experience with our LandOfFree.com community. Your opinion is very important and ``Canonical'' Black Hole States in the Superluminal Source GRO J1655-40 will most certainly appreciate the feedback.

Rate now

Comments { 0 }

Profile ID: LFWR-SCP-O-231765