Probing black hole X-ray binaries with the Keck telescopes

被引:1
作者
Harlaftis, ET [1 ]
Filippenko, AV [1 ]
机构
[1] Natl Observ Athens, Inst Astron & Astrophys, Athens 11820, Greece
来源
DISCOVERIES AND RESEARCH PROSPECTS FROM 8- TO 10-METER-CLASS TELESCOPES | 2000年 / 4005卷
关键词
black hole physics; interacting binaries; novae; X-ray binaries; X-ray transients; Nova Oph 1977; GS 2000+25; GRO J0422+32; Nova Vel 1993;
D O I
10.1117/12.390146
中图分类号
P1 [天文学];
学科分类号
0704 ;
摘要
The advent of the large effective apertures of the Keck telescopes has resulted in the determination with unprecedented accuracy of the mass functions and mass ratios of faint (R approximate to 21 mag) X-ray transients (GS 2000+25, GRO J04221+32, Nova Oph 1977, Nova Vel 1993) as well as constraining the main-sequence companion star parameters and producing images of the accretion disks around the black holes.
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