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Mass Measurements of Stellar and Intermediate-Mass Black Holes

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The Physics of Accretion onto Black Holes

Part of the book series: Space Sciences Series of ISSI ((SSSI,volume 49))

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Abstract

We discuss the method, and potential systematic effects therein, used for measuring the mass of stellar-mass black holes in X-ray binaries. We restrict our discussion to the method that relies on the validity of Kepler’s laws; we refer to this method as the dynamical method. We briefly discuss the implications of the mass distribution of stellar-mass black holes and provide an outlook for future measurements. Further, we investigate the evidence for the existence of intermediate-mass black holes i.e. black holes with masses above 100 M⊙, the limit to the black hole mass that can be produced by stellar evolution in the current Universe.

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Casares, J., Jonker, P.G. (2013). Mass Measurements of Stellar and Intermediate-Mass Black Holes. In: Falanga, M., Belloni, T., Casella, P., Gilfanov, M., Jonker, P., King, A. (eds) The Physics of Accretion onto Black Holes. Space Sciences Series of ISSI, vol 49. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4939-2227-7_12

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