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Table 1.

Typical observed properties of the five canonical states (left), pairs of parameters (in and rJ, center) and XSPEC fit (right) results associated to the five chosen canonical states Q, LH, HH, HS and LS.

Typical observed states Parameters Results of fits

Spectral state PLf X-rays
(% LEdd)
Γ Radio
(mJy)
in
(LEdd/c2)
rJ
(Rg)
PLf X-rays
(% LEdd)
Γ Radio
(mJy)
Q 1 <0.1 1.5–2.1 1 0.06 100 1 0.11 ± 0.01 2.8 0.96
LH 1 1 1.5–1.6 5 0.4 50 1 0.92 ± 0.05 11.5 1.10
HH 1 >10 1.6–1.8 25 2 15 0.98 ± 0.02 13.1 ± 0.1 20.2 1.60
HS <0.3 5 2–3 <0.01 0.75 2 0.13 ± 0.05 4.6 ± 0.1 0 0.90
LS <0.3 1 2–3 <0.01 0.45 2 0.2 ± 0.05 1.40 ± 0.04 0 1.04

Notes. Fits are performed using the simple model described in Sect. 3.1, and the definition of the five states is detailed in Sect. 4.4.

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