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Observation of Black Holes in X-ray Binaries

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  25 May 2016

Y. Tanaka
Y. Tanaka*
Affiliation:
Max-Planck Institut für Extraterrestrische Physik, D-85748 Garching, Germany1

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Recent results of X-ray observations of Galactic X-ray binaries containing black holes are reviewed. So far, eleven X-ray binaries are confirmed to contain a black hole based on the mass determined from the optical mass functions. Study of these X-ray binaries shows that accreting black holes exhibit a characteristic X-ray spectrum that is distinct from that of accreting neutron stars. In total, about two dozen X-ray binaries show this characteristic spectrum and are believed to contain a black hole. Most of them are low-mass X-ray binaries and are transients. The statistics indicate the presence of several hundred or more black holes in quiescent X-ray binaries in our galaxy. The observed properties of accreting black holes are discussed, and other, related subjects are also presented.

Type
Part I: Talks
Information
Symposium - International Astronomical Union , Volume 195: Highly Energetic Physical Processes and Mechanisms , 2000 , pp. 37 - 47
Copyright
Copyright © Astronomical Society of the Pacific 2000 

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