A census of low mass black hole binaries

Details A census of low mass black hole binaries A census of low mass black hole binaries

May 1998

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1998a%26a...333..583r&link_type=abstract

Astronomy and Astrophysics, v.333, p.583-590 (1998)

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Black Hole Physics, Binaries: Close, Novae, Cataclysmic Variables, X-Rays: Stars, Galaxy: Stellar Content

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The six known low mass black hole binaries discovered as X-ray/Optical novae represent a relatively uniform source class. It is shown that the recurrence time for outbursts from these sources can be understood in the disk instability picture if magnetic braking is not active in the short period systems. An extrapolation from the discovery surveys gives an estimate of ~ 1700 such systems in the Galaxy as a whole. BATSE sky monitor observations should produce new candidate black hole transients at a rate of ~ 2/y. The population estimates also suggest that ga 13 optical outbursts of black hole binaries prior to 1975 should have been recorded in classical nova catalogues. Some strategies for discovery of more black hole binaries are discussed.

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