Advances in Understanding High-Mass X-ray Binaries with INTEGRAL and Future Directions. (arXiv:2009.03244v1 [astro-ph.HE])

Advances in Understanding High-Mass X-ray Binaries with INTEGRAL and Future Directions. (arXiv:2009.03244v1 [astro-ph.HE])
<a href="http://arxiv.org/find/astro-ph/1/au:+Kretschmar_P/0/1/0/all/0/1">Peter Kretschmar</a>, <a href="http://arxiv.org/find/astro-ph/1/au:+Furst_F/0/1/0/all/0/1">Felix Fürst</a>, <a href="http://arxiv.org/find/astro-ph/1/au:+Sidoli_L/0/1/0/all/0/1">Lara Sidoli</a>, <a href="http://arxiv.org/find/astro-ph/1/au:+Bozzo_E/0/1/0/all/0/1">Enrico Bozzo</a>, <a href="http://arxiv.org/find/astro-ph/1/au:+Alfonso_Garzon_J/0/1/0/all/0/1">Julia Alfonso-Garzón</a>, <a href="http://arxiv.org/find/astro-ph/1/au:+Bodaghee_A/0/1/0/all/0/1">Arash Bodaghee</a>, <a href="http://arxiv.org/find/astro-ph/1/au:+Chaty_S/0/1/0/all/0/1">Sylvain Chaty</a>, <a href="http://arxiv.org/find/astro-ph/1/au:+Chernyakova_M/0/1/0/all/0/1">Masha Chernyakova</a>, <a href="http://arxiv.org/find/astro-ph/1/au:+Ferrigno_C/0/1/0/all/0/1">Carlo Ferrigno</a>, <a href="http://arxiv.org/find/astro-ph/1/au:+Manousakis_A/0/1/0/all/0/1">Antonios Manousakis</a>, <a href="http://arxiv.org/find/astro-ph/1/au:+Negueruela_I/0/1/0/all/0/1">Ignacio Negueruela</a>, <a href="http://arxiv.org/find/astro-ph/1/au:+Postnov_K/0/1/0/all/0/1">Konstantin Postnov</a>, <a href="http://arxiv.org/find/astro-ph/1/au:+Paizis_A/0/1/0/all/0/1">Adamantia Paizis</a>, <a href="http://arxiv.org/find/astro-ph/1/au:+Reig_P/0/1/0/all/0/1">Pablo Reig</a>, <a href="http://arxiv.org/find/astro-ph/1/au:+Rodes_Roca_J/0/1/0/all/0/1">José Joaquín Rodes-Roca</a>, <a href="http://arxiv.org/find/astro-ph/1/au:+Tsygankov_S/0/1/0/all/0/1">Sergey Tsygankov</a>, <a href="http://arxiv.org/find/astro-ph/1/au:+Bird_A/0/1/0/all/0/1">Antony J. Bird</a>, <a href="http://arxiv.org/find/astro-ph/1/au:+Kuhnel_M/0/1/0/all/0/1">Matthias Bissinger né Kühnel</a>, <a href="http://arxiv.org/find/astro-ph/1/au:+Blay_P/0/1/0/all/0/1">Pere Blay</a>, <a href="http://arxiv.org/find/astro-ph/1/au:+Caballero_I/0/1/0/all/0/1">Isabel Caballero</a>, <a href="http://arxiv.org/find/astro-ph/1/au:+Coe_M/0/1/0/all/0/1">Malcolm J. Coe</a>, <a href="http://arxiv.org/find/astro-ph/1/au:+Domingo_A/0/1/0/all/0/1">Albert Domingo</a>, <a href="http://arxiv.org/find/astro-ph/1/au:+Doroshenko_V/0/1/0/all/0/1">Victor Doroshenko</a>, <a href="http://arxiv.org/find/astro-ph/1/au:+Ducci_L/0/1/0/all/0/1">Lorenzo Ducci</a>, <a href="http://arxiv.org/find/astro-ph/1/au:+Falanga_M/0/1/0/all/0/1">Maurizio Falanga</a>, <a href="http://arxiv.org/find/astro-ph/1/au:+Grebenev_S/0/1/0/all/0/1">Sergei A. Grebenev</a>, <a href="http://arxiv.org/find/astro-ph/1/au:+Grinberg_V/0/1/0/all/0/1">Victoria Grinberg</a>, <a href="http://arxiv.org/find/astro-ph/1/au:+Hemphill_P/0/1/0/all/0/1">Paul Hemphill</a>, <a href="http://arxiv.org/find/astro-ph/1/au:+Kreykenbohm_I/0/1/0/all/0/1">Ingo Kreykenbohm</a>, <a href="http://arxiv.org/find/astro-ph/1/au:+Fritz_S/0/1/0/all/0/1">Sonja Kreykenbohm né Fritz</a>, <a href="http://arxiv.org/find/astro-ph/1/au:+Li_J/0/1/0/all/0/1">Jian Li</a>, <a href="http://arxiv.org/find/astro-ph/1/au:+Lutovinov_A/0/1/0/all/0/1">Alexander A. Lutovinov</a>, <a href="http://arxiv.org/find/astro-ph/1/au:+Martinez_Nunez_S/0/1/0/all/0/1">Silvia Martínez-Núñez</a>, <a href="http://arxiv.org/find/astro-ph/1/au:+Mas_Hesse_J/0/1/0/all/0/1">J. Miguel Mas-Hesse</a>, <a href="http://arxiv.org/find/astro-ph/1/au:+Masetti_N/0/1/0/all/0/1">Nicola Masetti</a>, <a href="http://arxiv.org/find/astro-ph/1/au:+McBride_V/0/1/0/all/0/1">Vanessa A. McBride</a>, <a href="http://arxiv.org/find/astro-ph/1/au:+Neronov_A/0/1/0/all/0/1">Andrii Neronov</a>, <a href="http://arxiv.org/find/astro-ph/1/au:+Pottschmidt_K/0/1/0/all/0/1">Katja Pottschmidt</a>, <a href="http://arxiv.org/find/astro-ph/1/au:+Rodriguez_J/0/1/0/all/0/1">Jérôme Rodriguez</a>, <a href="http://arxiv.org/find/astro-ph/1/au:+Romano_P/0/1/0/all/0/1">Patrizia Romano</a>, <a href="http://arxiv.org/find/astro-ph/1/au:+Rothschild_R/0/1/0/all/0/1">Richard E. Rothschild</a>, et al. (10 additional authors not shown)

High mass X-ray binaries are among the brightest X-ray sources in the Milky
Way, as well as in nearby Galaxies. Thanks to their highly variable emissions
and complex phenomenology, they have attracted the interest of the high energy
astrophysical community since the dawn of X-ray Astronomy. In more recent
years, they have challenged our comprehension of physical processes in many
more energy bands, ranging from the infrared to very high energies. In this
review, we provide a broad but concise summary of the physical processes
dominating the emission from high mass X-ray binaries across virtually the
whole electromagnetic spectrum. These comprise the interaction of stellar winds
with the high gravitational and magnetic fields of compact objects, the
behaviour of matter under extreme magnetic and gravity conditions, and the
perturbation of the massive star evolutionary processes by presence in a binary
system. We highlight the role of the INTEGRAL mission in the discovery of many
of the most interesting objects in the high mass X-ray binary class and its
contribution in reviving the interest for these sources over the past two
decades. We show how the INTEGRAL discoveries have not only contributed to
significantly increase the number of high mass X-ray binaries known, thus
advancing our understanding of the population as a whole, but also have opened
new windows of investigation that stimulated the multi-wavelength approach
nowadays common in most astrophysical research fields. We conclude the review
by providing an overview of future facilities being planned from the X-ray to
the very high energy domain that will hopefully help us in finding an answer to
the many questions left open after more than 18 years of INTEGRAL scientific
observations.

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