TY - JOUR
T1 - BlackCAT
T2 - A catalogue of stellar-mass black holes in X-ray transients
AU - Corral-Santana, J. M.
AU - Casares, J.
AU - Muñoz-Darias, T.
AU - Bauer, F. E.
AU - Martínez-Pais, I. G.
AU - Russell, D. M.
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© ESO, 2016.
PY - 2016/3/1
Y1 - 2016/3/1
N2 - Aims. During the last ∼50 years, the population of black hole candidates in X-ray binaries has increased considerably, with 59 Galactic objects being detected in transient low-mass X-ray binaries, as well as a few in persistent systems (including ∼5 extragalactic binaries). Methods. We collect near-infrared, optical, and X-ray information spread over hundreds of references to study the population of black holes in X-ray transients as a whole. Results. We present the most updated catalogue of black hole transients. This contains X-ray, optical, and near-infrared observations, together with their astrometric and dynamical properties. The catalogue provides new and useful information in both statistical and observational parameters and provides a thorough and complete overview of the black hole population in the Milky Way. Analysing the distances and spatial distribution of the observed systems, we estimate a total population of ∼1300 Galactic black hole transients. This means that we have only discovered less than ∼5% of the total Galactic distribution.
AB - Aims. During the last ∼50 years, the population of black hole candidates in X-ray binaries has increased considerably, with 59 Galactic objects being detected in transient low-mass X-ray binaries, as well as a few in persistent systems (including ∼5 extragalactic binaries). Methods. We collect near-infrared, optical, and X-ray information spread over hundreds of references to study the population of black holes in X-ray transients as a whole. Results. We present the most updated catalogue of black hole transients. This contains X-ray, optical, and near-infrared observations, together with their astrometric and dynamical properties. The catalogue provides new and useful information in both statistical and observational parameters and provides a thorough and complete overview of the black hole population in the Milky Way. Analysing the distances and spatial distribution of the observed systems, we estimate a total population of ∼1300 Galactic black hole transients. This means that we have only discovered less than ∼5% of the total Galactic distribution.
KW - X-rays: binaries
KW - catalogs
KW - stars: black holes
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U2 - 10.1051/0004-6361/201527130
DO - 10.1051/0004-6361/201527130
M3 - Review article
AN - SCOPUS:84959212156
SN - 0004-6361
VL - 587
JO - Astronomy and Astrophysics
JF - Astronomy and Astrophysics
M1 - A61
ER -