Stellar Mass Black Holes and Ultraluminous X-Ray Sources

Abstract

We review the likely population, observational properties, and broad implications of stellar-mass black holes and ultraluminous x-ray sources. We focus on the clear empirical rules connecting accretion and outflow that have been established for stellar-mass black holes in binary systems in the past decade and a half. These patterns of behavior are probably the keys that will allow us to understand black hole feedback on the largest scales over cosmological time scales.

Review for Science Special Issue on black holes, 2012 August 3. 8 pages, 2 figures

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