Stellar Mass Black Hole Binaries as ULXs

Ultraluminous X-ray sources (ULXs) with Lx > 10^{39} ergs/s have been discovered in great numbers in external galaxies with ROSAT, Chandra, and XMM. The central question regarding this important class of sources is whether they represent an extension in the luminosity function of binary X-ray...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Rappaport, S, Podsiadlowski, P, Pfahl, E
Format: Journal article
Published: 2004