Prospects for the Discovery of Black Hole Binaries without Mass Accretion with Gaia
Abstract
We study the prospect for Gaia to detect black hole binary systems without the mass transfer from their companion stars. Gaia will be able to discover Galactic black holes without mass accretion by detecting the proper motion of their companion stars. We evaluate the number of such black hole binaries which have the orbital period short enough to be detected by Gaia during its operation, taking into account the binary evolution model.
- Publication:
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New Frontiers in Black Hole Astrophysics
- Pub Date:
- 2017
- DOI:
- Bibcode:
- 2017IAUS..324...41K
- Keywords:
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- black hole physics;
- astrometry;
- binaries: general;
- stars: evolution