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Master's thesis project
Binary and Isolated Black Holes
There are about 25 black holes detected in our Galaxy. These black holes are, so far, only found in binaries and mainly with a low-mass companion star. The black holes are detected from the X-rays emitted by the in-falling gas when the black holes virtually consume their companion star in a close orbit binary system. In this project, we will model the formation of these black hole systems (also know as soft X-ray transients) via exotic binary evolution involving mass transfer, common envelope evolution and the dynamical effects of supernova explosions.
Another interesting and promissing possibility in the near future, is to detect isolated black holes which accrete gas from interstellar molecular gas clouds.
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Contact:
Dr. Thomas Tauris (tauris (at) astro.uni-bonn.de)
Site:
Bonn, Argelander Institute for Astronomy, University of Bonn
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