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Black Holes in Galactic Nuclei, X-Ray Binaries and Ultraluminous X-Ray Sources

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  05 March 2013

Zdenka Kuncic
Zdenka Kuncic*
Affiliation:
School of Physics, University of Sydney, Sydney NSW 2006, Australia. Email: z.kuncic@physics.usyd.edu.au
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Abstract

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This review summarizes the astrophysical evidence for the existence of black holes provided by their gravitational influence on nearby matter. Two classes of accreting black holes have now been observationally verified: supermassive black holes (SMBHs) in galactic nuclei, and stellar-mass black holes in X-ray binaries (XRBs). With the recent re-discovery of ultra-luminous X-ray (ULX) sources, fresh evidence has also emerged for the existence of a third class of accreting black holes: intermediate-mass black holes (IMBHs). The properties of the three classes of accreting black holes are briefly discussed.

Keywords

black holesaccretiongalaxies: nucleiX-rays: binaries
Type
Gravity Workshop 2004
Information
Publications of the Astronomical Society of Australia , Volume 22 , Issue 3: Featuring Gravity Workshop 2004 , 2005 , pp. 195 - 198
Copyright
Copyright © Astronomical Society of Australia 2005

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