Swift J1357.2-0933: a massive black hole in the Galactic thick disc

Daniel Mata Sánchez, Teo Munoz-Darias, Jorge Casares +2

Swift J1357.2-0933 is one of the shortest orbital period black hole X-ray transients (BHTs). It exhibited deep optical dips together with an extremely broad H$\alpha$ line during outbur…