X-ray Black Hole Binary Info Site V1
By Bram Wagemakers
Welcome to this informational site about stellar-mass X-ray binary black holes. This site functions as a gateway
to more detailed data about these amazing astronomic objects. By clicking on the links in the following text,
one will be taken to established databases with specific information.
Source: ESO
The black hole binaries found on this site are divided into two categories. The ones present in the first
category are all (in)directly dynamically confirmed. A list of these X-ray binaries can be found in the table
below, with links to the databases of Simbad, BlackCat and Darts (zoom in by scrolling). Until now 19 black hole binaries (BHB) have been
confirmed. For a full list of the current stellar mass black holes in X-ray binaries the following
source can be used. It includes
all the additional BHC's.
Relevant papers
- Corral-Santana, J. M., Casares, J., Muñoz‐Darias, T., Bauer, F. E., Martínez‐Pais, I. G., & Russell, D. M. (2016). BlackCAT: A catalogue of stellar-mass black holes in X-ray transients. Astronomy and Astrophysics, 587, A61. https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201527130
- Casares, J., & Jonker, P. G. (2013). Mass measurements of stellar and Intermediate-Mass black holes. Space Science Reviews, 183(1–4), 223–252. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11214-013-0030-6
- Corral-Santana, J. M., Casares, J., Muñoz-Darias, T., Rodríguez-Gil, P., Shahbaz, T., Torres, M. a. P., Zurita, C., & Tyndall, A. A. (2013). A black hole nova obscured by an inner disk torus. Science, 339(6123), 1048–1051. https://doi.org/10.1126/science.1228222