On the maximum mass of stellar black holes

Astrophysical Journal

Volumn 714, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 1217-1226

  Belczynski, Krzysztof ^a,b   Bulik, Tomasz ^b,c   Fryer, Chris L ^a,d   Ruiter, Ashley ^e,f   Valsecchi, Francesca ^g   Vink, Jorick S ^h   Hurley, Jarrod R ⁱ  

^a LOS ALAMOS NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WARSAW   (Poland)

^c NICOLAUS COPERNICUS ASTRONOMICAL CENTER   (Poland)

^d The University of Arizona   (United States)

^e NEW MEXICO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^f HARVARD SMITHSONIAN CENTER FOR ASTROPHYSICS   (United States)

^g NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^h ARMAGH OBSERVATORY   (United Kingdom)

ⁱ SWINBURNE UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Binaries: close; Black hole physics; Gravitational waves; Stars: evolution; Stars: neutron

Indexed keywords

EID: 77951679090     PISSN: 0004637X     EISSN: 15384357     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0004-637X/714/2/1217     Document Type: Article

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