Modes of Accretion in X-ray Sources
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Three classical modes of accretion are briefly discussed: wind-fed, spherical, and disk. The three modes are illustrated with the mass transfer onto black holes in high-mass X-ray binaries. Then a new regime of mini-disk accretion is described and it is argued that observed wind-fed X-ray sources are likely to accrete in this regime. Switching from one accretion mode to another can cause the observed spectral state transitions.
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