Black Hole Spin via Continuum Fitting and the Role of Spin in Powering Transient Jets

THE NOT-SO-MASSIVE BLACK HOLE IN THE MICROQUASAR GRS1915+105

(2013) D. Steeghs et al.   ASTROPHYSICAL JOURNAL

X-RAY BINARY EVOLUTION ACROSS COSMIC TIME

(2013) T. Fragos et al.   ASTROPHYSICAL JOURNAL

Foundations of Black Hole Accretion Disk Theory

(2013) Marek A. Abramowicz et al.   Living Reviews in Relativity

Observational constraints on the powering mechanism of transient relativistic jets

(2013) D. M. Russell et al.   MONTHLY NOTICES OF THE ROYAL ASTRONOMICAL SOCIETY

JET POWER AND BLACK HOLE SPIN: TESTING AN EMPIRICAL RELATIONSHIP AND USING IT TO PREDICT THE SPINS OF SIX BLACK HOLES

(2012) James F. Steiner et al.   ASTROPHYSICAL JOURNAL

ANOMALOUS LOW STATES AND LONG-TERM VARIABILITY IN THE BLACK HOLE BINARY LMC X-3

(2012) Alan P. Smale et al.   ASTROPHYSICAL JOURNAL

MODELING THE JET KINEMATICS OF THE BLACK HOLE MICROQUASAR XTE J1550–564: A CONSTRAINT ON SPIN-ORBIT ALIGNMENT

(2012) James F. Steiner et al.   ASTROPHYSICAL JOURNAL

UNDERSTANDING COMPACT OBJECT FORMATION AND NATAL KICKS. III. THE CASE OF CYGNUS X-1

(2012) Tsing-Wai Wong et al.   ASTROPHYSICAL JOURNAL

A broad iron line in LMC X-1

(2012) James F. Steiner et al.   MONTHLY NOTICES OF THE ROYAL ASTRONOMICAL SOCIETY

On the determination of the spin of the black hole in Cyg X-1 from X-ray reflection spectra

(2012) A. C. Fabian et al.   MONTHLY NOTICES OF THE ROYAL ASTRONOMICAL SOCIETY

High-frequency quasi-periodic oscillations in black hole binaries

(2012) T. M. Belloni et al.   MONTHLY NOTICES OF THE ROYAL ASTRONOMICAL SOCIETY

The eye of the storm: light from the inner plunging region of black hole accretion discs

(2012) Yucong Zhu et al.   MONTHLY NOTICES OF THE ROYAL ASTRONOMICAL SOCIETY

Testing slim-disk models on the thermal spectra of LMC X-3

(2011) O. Straub et al.   ASTRONOMY & ASTROPHYSICS

OBSERVATIONAL SIGNATURES OF TILTED BLACK HOLE ACCRETION DISKS FROM SIMULATIONS

(2011) Jason Dexter et al.   ASTROPHYSICAL JOURNAL

SUZAKUOBSERVATIONS OF 4U 1957+11: POTENTIALLY THE MOST RAPIDLY SPINNING BLACK HOLE IN (THE HALO OF) THE GALAXY

(2011) Michael A. Nowak et al.   ASTROPHYSICAL JOURNAL

THE EXTREME SPIN OF THE BLACK HOLE IN CYGNUS X-1

(2011) Lijun Gou et al.   ASTROPHYSICAL JOURNAL

RADIATIVE EFFICIENCY AND THERMAL SPECTRUM OF ACCRETION ONTO SCHWARZSCHILD BLACK HOLES

(2011) Scott C. Noble et al.   ASTROPHYSICAL JOURNAL

THE MASS DISTRIBUTION OF STELLAR-MASS BLACK HOLES

(2011) Will M. Farr et al.   ASTROPHYSICAL JOURNAL

AN IMPROVED DYNAMICAL MODEL FOR THE MICROQUASAR XTE J1550–564

(2011) Jerome A. Orosz et al.   ASTROPHYSICAL JOURNAL

THE TRIGONOMETRIC PARALLAX OF CYGNUS X-1

(2011) Mark J. Reid et al.   ASTROPHYSICAL JOURNAL

THE MASS OF THE BLACK HOLE IN CYGNUS X-1

(2011) Jerome A. Orosz et al.   ASTROPHYSICAL JOURNAL

Constraints on the black hole spin in the quasar SDSS J094533.99+100950.1

(2011) B. Czerny et al.   MONTHLY NOTICES OF THE ROYAL ASTRONOMICAL SOCIETY

Thin-disc theory with a non-zero-torque boundary condition and comparisons with simulations

(2011) Robert F. Penna et al.   MONTHLY NOTICES OF THE ROYAL ASTRONOMICAL SOCIETY

Measuring black hole spin by the continuum-fitting method: effect of deviations from the Novikov-Thorne disc model

(2011) Akshay K. Kulkarni et al.   MONTHLY NOTICES OF THE ROYAL ASTRONOMICAL SOCIETY

The spin of the black hole microquasar XTE J1550−564 via the continuum-fitting and Fe-line methods

(2011) James F. Steiner et al.   MONTHLY NOTICES OF THE ROYAL ASTRONOMICAL SOCIETY

Metric for rapidly spinning black holes suitable for strong-field tests of the no-hair theorem

(2011) Tim Johannsen et al.   PHYSICAL REVIEW D

TESTING THE NO-HAIR THEOREM WITH OBSERVATIONS IN THE ELECTROMAGNETIC SPECTRUM. I. PROPERTIES OF A QUASI-KERR SPACETIME

(2010) Tim Johannsen et al.   ASTROPHYSICAL JOURNAL

BLACK HOLE SPIN AND THE RADIO LOUD/QUIET DICHOTOMY OF ACTIVE GALACTIC NUCLEI

(2010) Alexander Tchekhovskoy et al.   ASTROPHYSICAL JOURNAL

THE BLACK HOLE MASS DISTRIBUTION IN THE GALAXY

(2010) Feryal Özel et al.   ASTROPHYSICAL JOURNAL

THE INCLINATION OF THE SOFT X-RAY TRANSIENT A0620–00 AND THE MASS OF ITS BLACK HOLE

(2010) Andrew G. Cantrell et al.   ASTROPHYSICAL JOURNAL

DEPENDENCE OF INNER ACCRETION DISK STRESS ON PARAMETERS: THE SCHWARZSCHILD CASE

(2010) Scott C. Noble et al.   ASTROPHYSICAL JOURNAL

THE CONSTANT INNER-DISK RADIUS OF LMC X-3: A BASIS FOR MEASURING BLACK HOLE SPIN

(2010) James F. Steiner et al.   Astrophysical Journal Letters

BLACK HOLE SPIN–ORBIT MISALIGNMENT IN GALACTIC X-RAY BINARIES

(2010) T. Fragos et al.   Astrophysical Journal Letters

Limits on spin determination from disc spectral fitting in GX 339−4

(2010) Mari Kolehmainen et al.   MONTHLY NOTICES OF THE ROYAL ASTRONOMICAL SOCIETY

Simulations of magnetized discs around black holes: effects of black hole spin, disc thickness and magnetic field geometry

(2010) Robert F. Penna et al.   MONTHLY NOTICES OF THE ROYAL ASTRONOMICAL SOCIETY

RADIATION-DOMINATED DISKS ARE THERMALLY STABLE

(2009) Shigenobu Hirose et al.   ASTROPHYSICAL JOURNAL

A QUINTET OF BLACK HOLE MASS DETERMINATIONS

(2009) Kayhan Gültekin et al.   ASTROPHYSICAL JOURNAL

THE EFFECTS OF MAGNETIC FIELDS AND INHOMOGENEITIES ON ACCRETION DISK SPECTRA AND POLARIZATION

(2009) Shane W. Davis et al.   ASTROPHYSICAL JOURNAL

MEASURING BLACK HOLE SPIN VIA THE X-RAY CONTINUUM-FITTING METHOD: BEYOND THE THERMAL DOMINANT STATE

(2009) James F. Steiner et al.   ASTROPHYSICAL JOURNAL

A DETERMINATION OF THE SPIN OF THE BLACK HOLE PRIMARY IN LMC X-1

(2009) Lijun Gou et al.   ASTROPHYSICAL JOURNAL

INFERRING THE INCLINATION OF A BLACK HOLE ACCRETION DISK FROM OBSERVATIONS OF ITS POLARIZED CONTINUUM RADIATION

(2009) Li-Xin Li et al.   ASTROPHYSICAL JOURNAL

A NEW DYNAMICAL MODEL FOR THE BLACK HOLE BINARY LMC X-1

(2009) Jerome A. Orosz et al.   ASTROPHYSICAL JOURNAL

MONITORING STELLAR ORBITS AROUND THE MASSIVE BLACK HOLE IN THE GALACTIC CENTER

(2009) S. Gillessen et al.   ASTROPHYSICAL JOURNAL

GRMHD PREDICTION OF CORONAL VARIABILITY IN ACCRETING BLACK HOLES

(2009) Scott C. Noble et al.   ASTROPHYSICAL JOURNAL

X-RAY POLARIZATION FROM ACCRETING BLACK HOLES: THE THERMAL STATE

(2009) Jeremy D. Schnittman et al.   ASTROPHYSICAL JOURNAL

THE 2003 OUTBURST OF THE X-RAY TRANSIENT H1743–322: COMPARISONS WITH THE BLACK HOLE MICROQUASAR XTE J1550–564

(2009) Jeffrey E. McClintock et al.   ASTROPHYSICAL JOURNAL

Accretion discs in blazars

(2009) E. J. D. Jolley et al.   MONTHLY NOTICES OF THE ROYAL ASTRONOMICAL SOCIETY

A Simple Comptonization Model

(2009) James F. Steiner et al.   PUBLICATIONS OF THE ASTRONOMICAL SOCIETY OF THE PACIFIC

Angular Momentum Transport in Accretion Disks and Its Implications for Spin Estimates in Black Hole Binaries

(2008) Chris Done et al.   ASTROPHYSICAL JOURNAL

Ionization Cone in the X-Ray Binary LMC X-1

(2008) R. Cooke et al.   ASTROPHYSICAL JOURNAL

The Case for Hypercritical Accretion in M33 X-7

(2008) Enrique Moreno Méndez et al.   ASTROPHYSICAL JOURNAL

The Influence of Magnetic Field Geometry on the Evolution of Black Hole Accretion Flows: Similar Disks, Drastically Different Jets

(2008) Kris Beckwith et al.   ASTROPHYSICAL JOURNAL

Viscous Torque and Dissipation in the Inner Regions of a Thin Accretion Disk: Implications for Measuring Black Hole Spin

(2008) Rebecca Shafee et al.   ASTROPHYSICAL JOURNAL

Measuring Distance and Properties of the Milky Way’s Central Supermassive Black Hole with Stellar Orbits

(2008) A. M. Ghez et al.   ASTROPHYSICAL JOURNAL

Three-Dimensional Simulations of Magnetized Thin Accretion Disks around Black Holes: Stress in the Plunging Region

(2008) Rebecca Shafee et al.   ASTROPHYSICAL JOURNAL

Thermal disc emission from a rotating black hole: X-ray polarization signatures

(2008) M. Dovčiak et al.   MONTHLY NOTICES OF THE ROYAL ASTRONOMICAL SOCIETY

Advection-dominated accretion and the black hole event horizon

(2008) Ramesh Narayan et al.   NEW ASTRONOMY REVIEWS