Models for the Observable System Parameters of Ultraluminous X-ray Sources

We investigate the evolution of the properties of model populations of ultraluminous X-ray sources (ULXs) consisting of a black-hole accretor in a binary with a donor star. We have computed models corresponding to three different populations of black-hole binaries; two invoke stellar-mass (~10 Msun)...

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Main Authors: Madhusudhan, N, Rappaport, S, Podsiadlowski, P, Nelson, L
Format: Journal article
Published: IOP Publishing 2008