Bibcode
Casares, Jorge
Referencia bibliográfica
Black Holes from Stars to Galaxies -- Across the Range of Masses. Edited by V. Karas and G. Matt. Proceedings of IAU Symposium #238, held 21-25 August, 2006 in Prague, Czech Republic. Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press, 2007., pp.3-12
Fecha de publicación:
4
2007
Número de citas
57
Número de citas referidas
49
Descripción
Radial velocity studies of X-ray binaries still 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 M[sun].
Accurate masses have been obtained for a subset of systems which give us
a hint on the mass spectrum of the black hole population. These cases
will be summarized and the most recent results presented.