The dark side of supergiant High-Mass X-ray Binaries

High Mass X-ray Binaries (HMXB) have been revealed by a wealth of multi-wavelength observations, from X-ray to optical and infrared domain. After describing the 3 different kinds of HMXB, we focus on 3 HMXB hosting supergiant stars: IGR J16320-4751, IGR J16465-4507 and IGR J16318-4848, respectively...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autores: Chaty, Sylvain, Fortin, Francis, García, Federico, Fogantini, Federico Adrián
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Estado:Versión publicada
Fecha de publicación:2019
País:Argentina
Institución:Universidad Nacional de La Plata
Repositorio:SEDICI (UNLP)
Idioma:inglés
OAI Identifier:oai:sedici.unlp.edu.ar:10915/126094
Acceso en línea:http://sedici.unlp.edu.ar/handle/10915/126094
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Ciencias Astronómicas
(Stars:) binaries (including multiple): close
Circumstellar matter
Early-type
Emission-line
Be
Stars: neutron
Supergiants
Winds
Outflows
(ISM:) dust
Extinction
Infrared: stars
X-rays: binaries: IGR J16320-4751, IGR J16465-4507 and IGR J16318-4848
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Sumario:High Mass X-ray Binaries (HMXB) have been revealed by a wealth of multi-wavelength observations, from X-ray to optical and infrared domain. After describing the 3 different kinds of HMXB, we focus on 3 HMXB hosting supergiant stars: IGR J16320-4751, IGR J16465-4507 and IGR J16318-4848, respectively called “The Good”, “The Bad” and “The Ugly”. We review in these proceedings what the observations of these sources have brought to light concerning our knowledge of HMXB, and what part still remains in the dark side. Many questions are still pending, related to accretion processes, stellar wind properties in these massive and active stars, and the overall evolution due to transfer of mass and angular momentum between the companion star and the compact object. Future observations should be able to answer these questions, which constitute the dark side of HMXB.