{
  "id": "1510.08869",
  "version": "v1",
  "published": "2015-10-29T20:09:17.000Z",
  "updated": "2015-10-29T20:09:17.000Z",
  "title": "BlackCAT: A catalogue of stellar-mass black holes in X-ray transients",
  "authors": [
    "Jesus M. Corral-Santana",
    "Jorge Casares",
    "Teo Munoz-Darias",
    "Franz E. Bauer",
    "Ignacio G. Martinez-Pais",
    "David M. Russell"
  ],
  "comment": "http://www.astro.puc.cl/BlackCAT - Accepted for publication in Astronomy & Astrophysics. 20 pages, 8 figures, 5 Tables",
  "categories": [
    "astro-ph.HE",
    "astro-ph.SR"
  ],
  "abstract": "During the last ~50 years, the population of black hole candidates in X-ray binaries has increased considerably with 59 Galactic objects detected in transient low-mass X-ray binaries, plus a few in persistent systems (including ~5 extragalactic binaries). We collect near-infrared, optical and X-ray information spread over hundreds of references in order to study the population of black holes in X-ray transients as a whole. We present the most updated catalogue of black hole transients, which contains X-ray, optical and near-infrared observations together with their astrometric and dynamical properties. It provides new useful information in both statistical and observational parameters providing a thorough and complete overview of the black hole population in the Milky Way. Analysing the distances and spatial distribution of the observed systems, we estimate a total population of ~1300 Galactic black hole transients. This means that we have already discovered less than ~5% of the total Galactic distribution. The complete version of this catalogue will be continuously updated online and in the Virtual Observatory, including finding charts and data in other wavelengths.",
  "revisions": [
    {
      "version": "v1",
      "updated": "2015-10-29T20:09:17.000Z"
    }
  ],
  "analyses": {
    "keywords": [
      "stellar-mass black holes",
      "x-ray transients",
      "galactic black hole transients",
      "transient low-mass x-ray binaries",
      "x-ray information spread"
    ],
    "publication": {
      "doi": "10.1051/0004-6361/201527130"
    },
    "note": {
      "typesetting": "TeX",
      "pages": 20,
      "language": "en",
      "license": "arXiv",
      "status": "editable",
      "inspire": 1402057
    }
  }
}