2 papers
astro-ph.GA2024
The 33 M black hole Gaia BH3 is part of the disrupted ED-2 star cluster
E. Balbinot, E. Dodd, T. Matsuno +19
The Gaia Collaboration has recently reported the detection of a 33 M black hole in a wide binary system located in the Solar neighbourhood. Here we explore the relationship…
astro-ph.GA2024
Discovery of a dormant 33 solar-mass black hole in pre-release Gaia astrometry
Gaia Collaboration, P. Panuzzo, T. Mazeh +412
Gravitational waves from black-hole merging events have revealed a population of extra-galactic BHs residing in short-period binaries with masses that are higher than expected base…