Formation of wind-fed black hole high-mass X-ray binaries: The role of Roche-lobe-overflow post black hole formation

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Table 1.

Properties of wind-fed BH-HMXBs.

BH-HMXB	M_BH [M_⊙]	M_donor [M_⊙]	P_orb [d]	χ_BH	f_RL	L_x [erg s⁻¹]	Z[Z_⊙]	Reference
Cygnus X-1	21.2 ± 2.2	$40 . 6_{- 7.1}^{+ 7.6}$ $40.6^{+7.6}_{-7.1}$	5.60	$0 . 95_{- 0.084}^{+ 0.04}$ $0.95^{+0.04}_{-0.084}$	0.997	2.1 × 10³⁷	≳1.0	1, 2, 3, 4
LMC X-1	10.91 ± 1.41	31.79 ± 3.48	3.91	$0 . 897_{- 0.176}^{+ 0.077}$ $0.897^{+0.077}_{-0.176}$	0.971	2.3 × 10³⁸	∼0.3	4, 5
M33 X-7	$11 . 4_{- 1.7}^{+ 3.3}$ $11.4^{+3.3}_{-1.7}$	$38_{- 10}^{+ 22}$ $38^{+22}_{-10}$	3.45	0.84 ± 0.05 ^(a)	0.899	(0.5 − 2)×10³⁸	0.1 − 0.5	6, 7, 8, 9

Notes.

^(a)

Ramachandran et al. (2022) updated a BH spin of ≈0.6.

(1) Orosz et al. (2011); (2) Shimanskii et al. (2012); (3) Miller-Jones et al. (2021); (4) Draghis et al. (2024); (5) Orosz et al. (2009); (6) Pietsch et al. (2006); (7) Orosz et al. (2007); (8) Liu et al. (2008, 2010); (9) Ramachandran et al. (2022).

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