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 /

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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Corporate Authors:	SpringerLink (Online service), European Southern Observatory
Other Authors:	Giacconi, Riccardo, Kaper, Lex, 1966-, Heuvel, Edward Peter Jacobus van den, 1940-, Woudt, P. A. (Patrick A.), 1970-
Format:	eBook
Language:	English
Published:	Berlin ; New York : Springer, [2001]
Series:	ESO astrophysics symposia (Springer-Verlag)
Subjects:	Black holes (Astronomy) > Congresses. Double stars > Congresses. Galactic nuclei > Congresses. Black holes (Astronomy) Double stars. Galactic nuclei. Electronic books. Conference proceedings.
Online Access:	Connect to the full text of this electronic book