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Main Author: Liu, Honghui
Format: Preprint
Published: 2026
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Online Access:https://arxiv.org/abs/2603.00833
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author Liu, Honghui
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contents The accretion-ejection activities of black holes play a vital role in shaping the Universe. Bright and recurrent black hole X-ray binaries are ideal objects for studying accretion physics across a wide range of accretion rates, providing insights into the understanding of their supermassive counterparts. This short review summarizes X-ray techniques capable of measuring accretion geometry, our current understanding, and open questions. In particular, X-ray spectroscopic studies indicate that the accretion disk can extend close to the innermost stable circular orbit in the bright hard state. Some hints of disk-corona-jet connections are also discussed.
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spellingShingle Accretion Geometry of Black Hole X-ray Binaries: Insights from X-ray Observations
Liu, Honghui
High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena
The accretion-ejection activities of black holes play a vital role in shaping the Universe. Bright and recurrent black hole X-ray binaries are ideal objects for studying accretion physics across a wide range of accretion rates, providing insights into the understanding of their supermassive counterparts. This short review summarizes X-ray techniques capable of measuring accretion geometry, our current understanding, and open questions. In particular, X-ray spectroscopic studies indicate that the accretion disk can extend close to the innermost stable circular orbit in the bright hard state. Some hints of disk-corona-jet connections are also discussed.
title Accretion Geometry of Black Hole X-ray Binaries: Insights from X-ray Observations
topic High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2603.00833