X-Ray Probes of Black Hole Spin and Accretion Physics
A special issue of Galaxies (ISSN 2075-4434).
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 1 June 2026 | Viewed by 400
Special Issue Editors
Interests: strong gravity; black hole spin; electromagnetic signatures of black holes
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
X-ray spectroscopy offers a powerful probe of the strong gravity environments surrounding accreting black holes, enabling a detailed study of spin signatures, accretion disk structure, and the mechanics of radiative processes. This sub-issue brings together contributions highlighting state-of-the-art techniques for extracting spin information from X-ray spectra, benchmark datasets, and theoretical models that connect X-ray signatures to underlying angular momentum. Contributions will address methodological challenges, selection effects in X-ray binary populations, and implications for current and upcoming missions such as NuSTAR, XMM-Newton, NICER, XRISM, and NewAthena. This collection aims to advance precision spin measurements and clarify how accretion physics shapes black hole evolution by integrating high-resolution spectral diagnostics with broader multimessenger approaches.
Dr. Delilah Gates
Dr. Javier Garcia
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- black hole spin
- X-ray spectroscopy
- accretion disks
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