The mass distribution of stellar-mass black holes

Astrophysical Journal

Volumn 741, Issue 2, 2011, Pages

  Farr, Will M ^a   Sravan, Niharika ^a   Cantrell, Andrew ^b   Kreidberg, Laura ^b   Bailyn, Charles D ^b   Mandel, Ilya ^c,d   Kalogera, Vicky ^a  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

methods: data analysis; X rays: binaries

Indexed keywords

EID: 80155187137     PISSN: 0004637X     EISSN: 15384357     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0004-637X/741/2/103     Document Type: Article

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