Cygnus X-1 contains a 21-solar mass black hole-Implications for massive star winds
dc.contributor.author | Miller-Jones, James | |
dc.contributor.author | Bahramian, Arash | |
dc.contributor.author | Orosz, J.A. | |
dc.contributor.author | Mande, I. | |
dc.contributor.author | Gou, L. | |
dc.contributor.author | Maccarone, T.J. | |
dc.contributor.author | Neijsse, C.J. | |
dc.contributor.author | Zhao, X. | |
dc.contributor.author | Ziółkowski, J. | |
dc.contributor.author | Reid, M.J. | |
dc.contributor.author | Uttley, P. | |
dc.contributor.author | Zheng, X. | |
dc.contributor.author | Byun, D.Y. | |
dc.contributor.author | Dodson, R. | |
dc.contributor.author | Grinberg, V. | |
dc.contributor.author | Jung, T. | |
dc.contributor.author | Kim, J.S. | |
dc.contributor.author | Marcote, B. | |
dc.contributor.author | Markoff, S. | |
dc.contributor.author | Rioja, M.J. | |
dc.contributor.author | Rushton, A.P. | |
dc.contributor.author | Russell, D.M. | |
dc.contributor.author | Sivakoff, G.R. | |
dc.contributor.author | Tetarenko, A.J. | |
dc.contributor.author | Tudose, V. | |
dc.contributor.author | Wilms, J. | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2023-04-18T14:45:37Z | |
dc.date.available | 2023-04-18T14:45:37Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2021 | |
dc.identifier.citation | Miller-Jones, J.C.A. and Bahramian, A. and Orosz, J.A. and Mande, I. and Gou, L. and Maccarone, T.J. and Neijsse, C.J. et al. 2021. Cygnus X-1 contains a 21-solar mass black hole-Implications for massive star winds. Science. 371 (6533): pp. 1046-1049. | |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/91524 | |
dc.identifier.doi | 10.1126/science.abb3363 | |
dc.description.abstract |
The evolution of massive stars is influenced by the mass lost to stellar winds over their lifetimes. These winds limit the masses of the stellar remnants (such as black holes) that the stars ultimately produce. We used radio astrometry to refine the distance to the black hole X-ray binary Cygnus X-1, which we found to be 2:220:180:17 kiloparsecs. When combined with archival optical data, this implies a black hole mass of 21.2 ± 2.2 solar masses, which is higher than previous measurements. The formation of such a high-mass black hole in a high-metallicity system (within the Milky Way) constrains wind mass loss from massive stars. | |
dc.language | English | |
dc.publisher | AMER ASSOC ADVANCEMENT SCIENCE | |
dc.relation.sponsoredby | http://purl.org/au-research/grants/arc/FT140101082 | |
dc.relation.sponsoredby | http://purl.org/au-research/grants/arc/FT190100574 | |
dc.subject | Science & Technology | |
dc.subject | Multidisciplinary Sciences | |
dc.subject | Science & Technology - Other Topics | |
dc.subject | astro-ph.HE | |
dc.subject | astro-ph.HE | |
dc.title | Cygnus X-1 contains a 21-solar mass black hole-Implications for massive star winds | |
dc.type | Journal Article | |
dcterms.source.volume | 371 | |
dcterms.source.number | 6533 | |
dcterms.source.startPage | 1046 | |
dcterms.source.endPage | 1049 | |
dcterms.source.issn | 0036-8075 | |
dcterms.source.title | Science | |
dc.date.updated | 2023-04-18T14:45:34Z | |
curtin.department | School of Elec Eng, Comp and Math Sci (EECMS) | |
curtin.accessStatus | Open access | |
curtin.faculty | Faculty of Science and Engineering | |
curtin.contributor.orcid | Miller-Jones, James [0000-0003-3124-2814] | |
curtin.contributor.orcid | Bahramian, Arash [0000-0003-2506-6041] | |
curtin.contributor.researcherid | Miller-Jones, James [B-2411-2013] | |
dcterms.source.eissn | 1095-9203 | |
curtin.contributor.scopusauthorid | Miller-Jones, James [10044231400] | |
curtin.repositoryagreement | V3 |