Abstract
In this article, we will briefly review the current empirical understanding of the relation between accretion state and outflows in accreting stellar mass black holes. The focus will be on the empirical connections between X-ray states and relativistic (‘radio’) jets, although we are now also able to draw accretion disc winds into the picture in a systematic way. We will furthermore consider the latest attempts to measure/order jet power, and to compare it to other (potentially) measurable quantities, most importantly black hole spin.
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As discussed by Russell et al. (2014), strong Balmer absorption lines (with relative depths as high as 20 per cent of the continuum flux) are inconsistent with a synchrotron-dominated continuum; their presence demands an optically thick disc that, at the time of the observations, was contributing to about 50 per cent of the optical emission.
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R.F. would like to acknowledge an almost uncountable number of conversations with many collaborators over the past two decades. During this particular writing period he has learnt from Teo Munoz-Darias, Gabriele Ponti, Mickael Coriat, Dan Plant and Joey Neilsen. E.G. would like to thank Stephane Corbel for sharing his radio and X-ray luminosity data set, Dave and Tom Russell for sharing their data on spectral break frequencies.
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Fender, R., Gallo, E. An Overview of Jets and Outflows in Stellar Mass Black Holes. Space Sci Rev 183, 323–337 (2014). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11214-014-0069-z
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