Searches for black hole candidates in the era of large-scale optical surveys
| dc.contributor.author | O'Doherty, Tyrone Niam | |
| dc.contributor.supervisor | James Miller-Jones | en_US |
| dc.contributor.supervisor | Arash Bahramian | en_US |
| dc.contributor.supervisor | Adelle Goodwin | en_US |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2025-08-15T02:41:25Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2025-08-15T02:41:25Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2025 | en_US |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/98298 | |
| dc.description.abstract |
This thesis uses observations to understand the Galactic population of stellar-mass black holes and neutron stars. We place detailed constraints on the deaths of massive stars, and refine existing, and test new, methods for identifying stellar-mass black holes in binaries with a star. We find the methods tested produce samples dominated by non-black hole systems. Finally, we identify and investigate an exotic triple system in the Large Magellanic Cloud that may host a black hole. | en_US |
| dc.publisher | Curtin University | en_US |
| dc.title | Searches for black hole candidates in the era of large-scale optical surveys | en_US |
| dc.type | Thesis | en_US |
| dcterms.educationLevel | PhD | en_US |
| curtin.department | School of Electrical Engineering, Computing and Mathematical Sciences | en_US |
| curtin.accessStatus | Open access | en_US |
| curtin.faculty | Science and Engineering | en_US |
| curtin.contributor.orcid | O'Doherty, Tyrone Niam [0000-0001-9258-1508] | en_US |