2009/07/21 by J. M. Paredes, Paredes, Josep M.
Physics and Astronomy · #Astrophysical Phenomena and Observations #FOS: Physical sciences #High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena (astro-ph.HE) #Pulsars and Gravitational Waves Research #Relativity and Gravitational Theory #Solar and Stellar Astrophysics (astro-ph.SR)
paper · pdf · doi:10.48550/arxiv.0907.3602
openalex publication_date 2009/07/21 · openalex created_date 2025/10/10 · openalex updated_date 2026/07/28
The most compelling evidences for the existence of stellar-mass black holes have been obtained through observations of X-ray binary systems. The application of classical methods and the development of new techniques have allowed us to increase the number of stellar-mass black holes known. I summarize here the observational signatures of the black holes, such as the mass determination, the event horizon and the spin. I also present some observational results on the Galactic centre black hole.