Kavli Affiliate: Erin Kara | First 5 Authors: Matteo Lucchini, Marina Ten Have, Jingyi Wang, Jeroen Homan, Erin Kara | Summary: During the outbursts of black hole X-ray binaries (BHXRBs), their accretion flows transition through several states. The source luminosity rises in the hard state, dominated by non-thermal emission, before transitioning to the blackbody-dominated soft […]
Continue.. Variability as a predictor for the hard-to-soft state transition in GX 339-4