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High Mass Black Holes in Soft X-Ray Transients: Gap in Black Hole Masses ?
G. E. Brown, C. -H. Lee, H. A. Bethe
We suggest that high-mass black holes; i.e., black holes of several solar masses, can be formed in binaries with low-mass main-sequence companions, provided that the hydrogen envel…
Blandford-Znajek process as a gamma ray burst central engine
Hyun Kyu Lee, R. A. M. J. Wijers, G. E. Brown
We investigate the possibility that gamma-ray bursts are powered by a central engine consisting of a black hole with an external magnetic field supported by a surrounding disk or t…
Brightness from the Blackest Night: Bursts of Gamma Rays and Gravity Waves from Black Hole Binaries
G. E. Brown, R. A. M. J. Wijers, C. -H. Lee +2
We use recent results in binary stellar evolution to argue that binaries with at least one black hole dominate the rate of compact-object mergers. Two phenomena generally attributa…