Open AccessBe/X-Ray Binaries with Black Holes in the Galaxy and in the Magellanic Clouds
Author(s) -
Janusz Ziółkowski
Publication year - 2014
Publication title -
acta polytechnica ctu proceedings
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 2336-5382
DOI - 10.14311/app.2014.01.0175
Subject(s) - neutron star , galaxy , astrophysics , physics , black hole (networking) , compact star , x ray , astronomy , x ray binary , computer science , computer security , optics , routing protocol , network packet , link state routing protocol
I will start with the statistics indicating that the objects named in the title of my talk are either non-existing or very elusive to detect (not a single such object is known against 119 known Be/neutron star X-ray binaries). After brief reviewing of the properties of Be/X-ray binaries I discuss several objects that were proposed as the long sought for candidates for Be/black hole X-ray binaries. After three unsuccessful candidates (LS I +61° 303, LS 5039 and MAXI J1836-194), a successful candidate (AGL J2241+4454/MWC 656) was finally, very recently, announced.