News from Galactic Black Holes
Abstract
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Present status of the possible black hole microlensing events and the present understanding of high frequency quasi-periodic oscillations in systems containing black hole candidates (BHCs) are briefly discussed. The growing evidence for the presence of the event horizons around some compact objects is reviewed. Finally, the news from four individual objects (SS 433, GX 339-4, CI Cam and Cyg X-3) are presented and the updated list of BHCs, containing 49 objects is given.
15 pages; 2 figures; presented at Vulcano Workshop 2003; accepted for publication in Chinese Journal of Astronomy and Astrophysics
15 pages; 2 figures; presented at Vulcano Workshop 2003; accepted for publication in Chinese Journal of Astronomy and Astrophysics