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Formation of Low-Mass Black Hole X-Ray Transients

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  14 August 2015

Simon Portegies Zwart ,
Frank Verbunt  and
Ene Ergma
Simon Portegies Zwart
Affiliation:
Astronomical Institute Anton Pannekoek, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Frank Verbunt
Affiliation:
Astronomical InstituteUtrecht, The Netherlands
Ene Ergma
Affiliation:
Tartu University, Tartu, Estonia

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We study the formation of low-mass X-ray binaries with a black hole as accreting object. The performed semi-analytic analysis reveals that the formation rate of black holes in low-mass X-ray binaries is about two orders of magnitude smaller than that of systems with a neutron star as accretor. This is contradicted by the six observed systems, which are all transients, which suggest that the majority of these systems has not been seen jet. The birthrate for both type of objects are expected to be similar (for reviews see Cowley 1992, Tanaka & Lewin 1995).

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II. Joint Discussions
Information
Highlights of Astronomy , Volume 11 , Issue 2: Highlights of Astronomy. As presented at the XXIIIrd General Assembly of the IAU (Part B), 1997 , 1998 , pp. 775 - 778
Copyright
Copyright © Kluwer 1998

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