Astrophysical: Black holes

  • Publication
    An infrared FWHM-K<SUB>2</SUB> correlation to uncover highly reddened quiescent black holes
    Among the sample of Galactic transient X-ray binaries (SXTs) discovered to date, about 70 have been proposed as likely candidates to host a black hole. Yet...
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    Analysis of the Full Spitzer Microlensing Sample. I. Dark Remnant Candidates and Gaia Predictions
    In the pursuit of understanding the population of stellar remnants within the Milky Way, we analyze the sample of ∼950 microlensing events observed by the...
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    Ask the machine: systematic detection of wind-type outflows in low-mass X-ray binaries
    The systematic discovery of outflows in the optical spectra of low-mass X-ray binaries opened a new avenue for the study of the outburst evolution in these...
  • News
    Astronomers develop new method for taking the temperature of black holes
    An international research team led by researchers at the Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias (IAC) has found a new method for measuring the masses of black...
  • News
    Astronomers discover a giant black hole that challenges current models of stellar evolution
    An international team of scientists, led by researchers from the National Astronomical Observatory of China and with the participation of the Instituto de...
  • News
    Astronomers discover how to feed a black hole
    The black holes at the centres of galaxies are the most mysterious objects in the Universe, not only because of the huge quantities of material within them...
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    Astronomers find a black hole which rotates highly inclined to its orbit
    Astronomers have found a black hole which challenges current theoretical models for the formation of these compact objects, using telescopes at the Roque de los...
  • Talk
    Black holes
    In his public talk, Prof. Narayan will summarize our knowledge of Black Holes in the universe. He will describe how Black Holes are discovered, how their...
  • Talk
    Black holes in globular clusters
    In the past few years, a series of discoveries have been made of objects which appear to be accreting stellar mass black holes in globular clusters -- both in...