most citedAccretion geometry of the black-hole binary Cygnus X-1 from X-ray polarimetry

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Accretion geometry of the black-hole binary Cygnus X-1 from X-ray polarimetry

M. Chauvin, H. -G. Florén, M. Friis +13

Black-hole binary (BHB) systems comprise a stellar-mass black hole and a closely orbiting companion star. Matter is transferred from the companion to the black hole, forming an acc…