SEARCH AND CHARACTERIZATION OF GALACTIC BLACK HOLES
To date, 55 stellar mass black hole candidates have been detected in transient X-ray binaries (BHTs). These systems are characterized by sporadic outburst episodes which increase their brightness by several orders of magnitude (allowing their detection by X-ray telescopes) and long periods of quiescence. In 46 years of X-ray astronomy, only 18 of
Jesús María Corral Santana
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