Black Holes in our Galaxy: Observations

Abstract

This paper reviews the X-ray, optical, radio and IR observations of galactic X-ray binaries suspected to contain black hole compact objects, with particular emphasis on the supporting dynamical evidence.

21 pages, 9 figures, to be published in "Theory of Black Hole Accretion Disks", M. Abramowicz, G. Bjornsson & J. Pringle (eds.), CUP, pages 1-21

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