{ "id": "1806.07270", "version": "v1", "published": "2018-06-18T17:22:12.000Z", "updated": "2018-06-18T17:22:12.000Z", "title": "Revealing the Galactic Population of BHs", "authors": [ "Thomas J. Maccarone", "Laura Chomiuk", "Jay Strader", "James Miller-Jones", "Greg Sivakoff" ], "comment": "9 pages, article for ngVLA Science Book", "categories": [ "astro-ph.HE", "astro-ph.SR" ], "abstract": "We discuss the case for using the Next Generation Very Large Array both to discover new black hole X-ray binaries astrometrically, and to characterize them. We anticipate that the ngVLA will be able to find $\\sim$100 new black hole X-ray binaries, as well as a host of other interesting radio stars, in a few hundred hour survey. Parallax and astrometric wobble measurements will be achievable in feasible follow-up surveys especially using long baseline capabilities. The ngVLA's high angular resolution, high survey speed, and high frequency sensitivity give it a unique range of parameter space over which it is sensitive.", "revisions": [ { "version": "v1", "updated": "2018-06-18T17:22:12.000Z" } ], "analyses": { "keywords": [ "black hole x-ray binaries", "galactic population", "ngvlas high angular resolution", "high frequency sensitivity", "long baseline capabilities" ], "note": { "typesetting": "TeX", "pages": 9, "language": "en", "license": "arXiv", "status": "editable" } } }