Population Synthesis of Black Hole Binaries with Normal-star Companions. I. Detached Systems

• Published in: The Astrophysical journal Vol. 885; no. 2; pp. 151 - 160
• Main Authors: Shao, Yong, Li, Xiang-Dong
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Philadelphia The American Astronomical Society 10.11.2019; IOP Publishing
• Subjects: Astrophysics; Binary stars; Black holes; Computer simulation; Detaching; Galaxies; Massive stars; Mathematical models; Optical observations; Parameters; Radial velocity; Stars & galaxies; Stellar evolution; Synthesis; X ray binaries; X ray stars

Optical observations of normal stars in binary systems with massive unseen objects have been proposed to search for candidate black holes (BHs) and provide a direct measurement of their dynamical masses. In this paper, we have performed binary population synthesis calculations to simulate the potent...