= Wind Accretion and State Transitions in Cygnus X-1 by D. R. Gies and others
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Astrophysical Journal 583, 424–436. https://arxiv.org/abs/astro-ph/0206253
https://doi.org/10.1086/345345
The primary spectroscopic monitoring study compares H-alpha wind emission with <X-ray> state changes. The wind-to-accretion interpretation depends on wind velocity and ionization as well as <mass> loss; its abstract reports that a stronger H-alpha wind need not yield a brighter soft <X-ray> state.
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