X-ray irradiation of the stellar wind in HMXBs with B supergiants: Implications for ULXs

J. Krticka, J. Kubat, I. Krtickova

Wind-fed high-mass X-ray binaries are powered by accretion of the radiatively driven wind on the compact star. Accretion-generated X-rays alter the ionization state of the wind. Be…