Very faint X-ray binaries with XMM-Newton

Armas Padilla, M.
Referencia bibliográfica

XMM-Newton: The Next Decade, Proceedings of the Conference held 9-11 May, 2016 at ESAC, Madrid. Online at http://www.cosmos.esa.int/web/xmm-newton/2016-workshop, id.36

Fecha de publicación:
6
2016
Número de autores
1
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1
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0
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Descripción
A population of very faint X-ray binaries has been discovered in the last years thanks to the improvement in sensitivity and resolution of the new generations of X-ray missions. These systems show anomalously low luminosities, below 10^{36} ergs/sec, challenging our understanding of accretion physics and binary evolution models, and thereby opening new windows for both observational and theoretical work on accretion onto compact objects. XMM-Newton is playing a crucial role in the study of this dim family of objects thanks to its incomparable spectral capabilities at low luminosities. I will review the state-of-the-art of the field and present our XMM results in both black hole and neutron star objects. Finally, I will discuss the possibilities that the new generation of X-ray telescopes offer for this research line.