Black holes in astrophysics

@article{Narayan2005BlackHI,
  title={Black holes in astrophysics},
  author={R. Narayan},
  journal={New Journal of Physics},
  year={2005},
  volume={7},
  pages={199-199}
}
  • R. Narayan
  • Published 2005
  • Physics
  • New Journal of Physics
    • This paper reviews the current status of black hole (BH) astrophysics, focusing on topics of interest to a physics audience. Astronomers have discovered dozens of compact objects with masses greater than 3M⊙, the likely maximum mass of a neutron star. These objects are identified as BH candidates. Some of the candidates have masses ~5M⊙–20M⊙ and are found in x-ray binaries, while the rest have masses ~106M⊙–109.5M⊙ and are found in galactic nuclei. A variety of methods are being tried to… CONTINUE READING
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