Black Holes in Binaries and Galactic Nuclei: Diagnostics, Demography and Formation Proceedings of the ESO Workshop Held at Garching, Germany, 6–8 September 1999, in Honour of Riccardo Giacconi / edited by L. Kaper, E.P.J. van den Heuvel, P.A. Woudt.

The observational evidence for the existence of black holes has grown significantly over recent decades. Stellar-mass black holes are detected as X-ray sources in binary systems, while supermassive black holes, with masses more than a million times the mass of the Sun, lurk in the nuclei of galaxies...

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Other Authors: Kaper, L. (Editor), Heuvel, E.P.J. van den (Editor), Woudt, P.A (Editor)
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Language:English
Published: Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg : Imprint: Springer, 2001.
Edition:1st ed. 2001.
Series:ESO Astrophysics Symposia, European Southern Observatory,
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