BlackCAT: A catalogue of stellar-mass black holes in X-ray transients

作者：Corral-Santana, J. M.^*; Casares, J.; Munoz-Darias, T.; Bauer, F. E.; Martinez-Pais, I. G.; Russell, D. M.

来源：Astronomy & Astrophysics, 2016, 587: A61.

DOI：10.1051/0004-6361/201527130

• X-rays: binaries
• stars: black holes
• catalogs

Aims. During the last similar to 50 years, the population of black hole candidates in X-ray binaries has increased considerably, with 59 Galactic objects being detected in transient low-mass X-ray binaries, as well as a few in persistent systems (including similar to 5 extragalactic binaries). @@@ Methods. We collect near-infrared, optical, and X-ray information spread over hundreds of references to study the population of black holes in X-ray transients as a whole. @@@ Results. We present the most updated catalogue of black hole transients. This contains X-ray, optical, and near-infrared observations, together with their astrometric and dynamical properties. The catalogue provides new and useful information in both statistical and observational parameters and provides a thorough and complete overview of the black hole population in the Milky Way. Analysing the distances and spatial distribution of the observed systems, we estimate a total population of similar to 1300 Galactic black hole transients. @@@ This means that we have only discovered less than similar to 5% of the total Galactic distribution.

• 出版日期2016-3