A Population Explosion: The Nature & Evolution of X-ray Binaries in Diverse Environments

by Bandyopadhyay, Reba M.; Wachter, Stephanie; Gelino, Dawn; Gelino, Christopher R.

• ISBN13: 9780735405301
• ISBN10: 0735405301
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2008-06-26
• Publisher: Amer Inst of Physics

Summary

Technological advances in X-ray astronomy have recently led to the discovery of a large number of previously undetected accreting binaries, increasing by an order of magnitude their known population in the Galaxy. This meeting addressed the current state of observational and theoretical research into the X-ray binary population as a whole, including both well-studied systems and the newly discovered populations, and examined the interaction of X-ray binaries with their environment within our own Galaxy and in external galaxies.

Table of Contents

Multi-Wavelength Observations of Jets at High and Low X-ray Luminosities	p. 3
Watching the Formation and Evolution of Compact Jets from Accreting Black Holes	p. 13
Multiwavelength Studies of X-ray Binaries	p. 18
The Complete Spectrum of a Compact Jet from a Neutron Star X-ray Binary	p. 23
Spectropolarimetry Emission from SS433	p. 30
Assembling the Ingredients for a Jet: How Do Large-Scale Magnetic Fields Get There and What Happens When They Do?	p. 35
How Deep Is Your Lobe? Microquasars and Their Impact on the ISM	p. 40
Searching for the Signatures of Jet-ISM Interactions in X-ray Binaries	p. 50
Very-High-Energy Observations of X-ray Binaries	p. 57
Broadband Comparisons between the Multiwavelength Behavior of Two Interesting X-ray Novae, XTE J1817-330 and XTE J1818-245	p. 64
Optical State Changes in A0620-00 and the Interpretation of Ellipsoidal Light Curves	p. 69
Radio Imaging of V404 Cyg	p. 74
Unveiling New Quiescent BHs with IPHAS	p. 79
The Inclination Angle and Mass of the Black Hole in XTE J1118+480	p. 82
GRS 1915+105: A Snapshot with INTEGRAL	p. 85
Cataclysmic Variables as Synchrotron Sources?	p. 88
Synchrotron Flaring Behavior of Cygnus X-3	p. 91
Unity in Diversity: Constraints on Jet/Disk Geometry and Radiative Processes in Stellar Black Holes via Modeling Broadband SEDs	p. 94
Jets, Winds and Warm Absorbers: Is Circinus X-1 Unique among Galactic X-ray Binaries?	p. 97
Polarimetric Signatures of Infrared Jets in X-ray Binaries	p. 100
Multiwavelength Observations of the Black Hole Candidate Swift J1753.5-0127	p. 103
Faint Galactic X-ray Binaries	p. 109
Counterparts to the Nuclear Bulge X-ray Source Population	p. 117
Massive Stellar X-ray Sources in the Galactic Center	p. 122
Discovery and Interpretation of an X-ray Period in the Galactic Center Source CXOGC J174536.1-285638	p. 127
The FLAMINGOS-2 Galactic Center Survey	p. 132
Cataclysmic Variables in Globular Clusters, the Galactic Center, and Local Space	p. 136
Novae as a Class of Transient X-ray Sources	p. 143
An Overview of the Bowen Survey: Detecting Donor Star Signatures in Low Mass X-ray Binaries	p. 148
Accretion, Mixing, and X-ray Bursting	p. 153
The Path to Buried Treasure: Paving the Way to the FLAMINGOS-2 Galactic Center Survey with IR and X-ray Observations	p. 159
Sub-Luminous X-ray Bursters Unveiled with INTEGRAL	p. 162
Candidate Selection for the FLAMINGOS-2 Galactic Center Survey	p. 165
The Nuclear Bulge Extinction	p. 168
FLAMINGOS-2: A Near-IR Multi-Object Spectrometer Ideal for Surveying the Galactic Center	p. 171
Optical and UV Light Curves of the Accretion Disk Corona Source 4U 1822-371	p. 174
Multiwavelength Observations of the Highly-Reddened Z Source GX 17+2	p. 177
Correlations between X-ray Spectra and kHz QPOs in Sco X-1	p. 180
The Optical, UV, and X-ray Lightcurves of GW Lib in Outburst	p. 183
The Canarias InfraRed Camera Experiment (CIRCE) and the Study of XRBs	p. 186
A Swift BAT Look at Super-Orbital X-ray Binaries	p. 189
Broadband Near-Infrared Spectroscopy of X-ray Binaries	p. 192
What's Cool about Hot Stars? Infrared Observations of Cataclysmic Variables with the Spitzer Space Telescope	p. 195
Echo Tomography of Cygnus X-2	p. 198
Tidal Stream as Origin of X-ray Outburst in GX 301-2	p. 201
Monitoring LMXBs with the Faulkes Telescope	p. 204
Bowen Blend Echo-Tomography of Sco X-1 and V801 Ara	p. 207
Spitzer Space Telescope Observations of Low Mass X-ray Binaries	p. 210
Obscured Galactic Populations Revealed by INTEGRAL Observations (Invited)	p. 217
The Galactic Population of HMXBs as Seen with INTEGRAL during Its Four First Years of Activity	p. 225
Are the INTEGRAL Intermediate Polars Different?	p. 230
Obscured High Mass X-ray Binaries and Supergiant Fast X-ray Transients: Infrared Observations of INTEGRAL Sources	p. 235
Mid-Infrared Observations of Twelve Supergiant X-ray Binaries Discovered by INTEGRAL	p. 242
A New Explanation for the Supergiant Fast X-ray Transients' Outbursts	p. 247
Supergiant Fast X-ray Transients and Other Wind Accretors	p. 252
Correlating the WFC and IBIS Hard X-ray Surveys	p. 257
New and Unusual HMXB Activity Observed by INTEGRAL	p. 263
RXTE and INTEGRAL Observations of IGR J19140+0951	p. 266
Probing Clumpy Stellar Winds in SFXTs	p. 269
INTEGRAL and New Classes of High-Mass X-ray Binaries	p. 272
INTEGRAL and XMM-Newton Observations of AX J1845.0-0433	p. 275
X-ray Source Populations in Nearby Galaxies	p. 281
X-ray Emission from Ultraviolet Luminous Galaxies	p. 291
Monitoring Black Hole X-ray Transients in M31 with Chandra and HST	p. 298
Ultraluminous X-ray Sources: Beambags and Optical Counterparts	p. 303
Variable Low-Mass X-ray Binaries in Early-Type Galaxies	p. 308
The Low Mass X-ray Binary - Globular Cluster Link and Its Implications	p. 313
Study of the Faint End of the X-ray Source Populations in the Small Magellanic Cloud	p. 320
Results from the XMM-Newton M31 Major Axis Survey	p. 325
The Extragalactic Wolf-Rayet/Black Hole X-ray Binary Candidates NGC 300 X-1 and IC 10 X-1	p. 330
LMXBs in the Normal Elliptical Galaxy NGC 3379	p. 336
The Environment of X-ray Binaries in the Dwarf Starburst Galaxy NGC 1569	p. 339
Low Mass X-ray Binaries in Globular Cluster Systems	p. 342
Multiwavelength Studies of Ultraluminous Supersoft Sources	p. 345
A Black Hole in an Extragalactic Globular Cluster	p. 348
Supersoft X-ray Sources in the Galex Images of M31	p. 351
Does the Metallicity of Globular Clusters Affect the X-ray Properties of the LMXB Within?	p. 354
The ULX Population in the Cartwheel Galaxy	p. 357
Binary Population Synthesis Models and Comparisons to Recent Observations	p. 363
Models for Low Mass X-ray Binaries in Elliptical Galaxies NGC3379 and NGC4278	p. 373
X-ray Binaries and the Dynamical States of Globular Clusters	p. 378
Enigmatic Sub-Luminous Accreting Neutron Stars in Our Galaxy	p. 382
Synthesis and Understanding: Modelling X-ray Binary Populations	p. 387
Optical Models for Ultraluminous X-ray Sources	p. 394
X-ray Binary Population and Star Formation History in M81	p. 401
Calculations of the Galactic Population of Black Hole X-ray Binaries	p. 404
The Missing Population of Be+Black Hole X-ray Binaries	p. 407
List of Participants	p. 411
Conference Poster	p. 415
Author Index	p. 417
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