Observational evidence for stellar-mass black holes

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2006-12-12

arxiv.org/abs/astro-ph/0612312v1

Astronomy and Astrophysics

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9 pages, invited review to appear in Proceedings of IAU Symposium 238: "Black Holes: From Stars to Galaxies -Across the Range

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Radial velocity studies of X-ray binaries provide the most solid evidence for the existence of stellar-mass black holes. We currently have 20 confirmed cases, with dynamical masses in excess of 3 Msun. Accurate masses have been obtained for a subset of systems which gives us a hint at the mass spectrum of the black hole population. This review summarizes the history of black hole discoveries and presents the latest results in the field.

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