High Mass Black Holes in Soft X-Ray Transients: Gap in Black Hole Masses ?

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1999-09-15

arxiv.org/abs/astro-ph/9909270v1

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astrophysics

6 pages, Talk given by C.-H. Lee at the NATO Advanced Study Institute on "The Neutron Star - Black Hole Connection", June 7 -

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We suggest that high-mass black holes; i.e., black holes of several solar masses, can be formed in binaries with low-mass main-sequence companions, provided that the hydrogen envelope of the massive star is removed in common envelope evolution which begins only after the massive star has finished He core burning. Our evolution scenario naturally explains the gap (low probability region) in the observed black hole masses.

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