Unveiling New Quiescent BHs with IPHAS

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May 2008

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=2008aipc.1010...79c&link_type=abstract

A POPULATION EXPLOSION: The Nature & Evolution of X-ray Binaries in Diverse Environments. AIP Conference Proceedings, Volume 10

Physics

Normal Galaxies, Extragalactic Objects And Systems, X-Ray Binaries, Space-Based Ultraviolet, Optical, And Infrared Telescopes, Galactic Center, Bar, Circumnuclear Matter, And Bulge

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X-ray transients provide the best evidence for the existence of stellar-mass BHs, with 20 confirmed cases based on dynamical studies. However, these are only the tip of iceberg of an estimated population of a few thousand BH binaries, which slowly reveal themselves through secular X-ray outbursts. Therefore, new strategies aimed at unveiling this dormant population are clearly needed. We propose to use the IPHAS catalogues, together with several diagnostic diagrams, as a shortcut to unveil the brightest members of the galactic population of BH binaries.

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