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SUMMARY:X-ray Binaries and ULXs - Peter Jonker (SRON\, Netherlands Institu
 te for Space Research)
DTSTART:20151119T160000Z
DTEND:20151119T170000Z
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CONTACT:Simon Hodgkin
DESCRIPTION:I will explain how dynamical mass measurements can be obtained
  for the black holes in these single-lined spectroscopic binaries. The goa
 l of such measurements is to investigate how black holes forms and\, in pa
 rticular\, to investigate if intermediate-mass black holes exist. I will h
 ighlight two recent results providing the first (tentative) dynamical evid
 ence that indeed black holes more massive than the typical 10 solar masses
  might exist.\n
LOCATION:Sackler Lecture Theatre\, IoA (tea at 3:30 pm)
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