Black Holes in Binaries and Galactic Nuclei: Diagnostics, Demography and Formation: Proceedings of the ESO Workshop Held at Garching, Germany, 6-8 September ... Giacconi (ESO Astrophysics Symposia)

Black Hole Research Past and Future....Pages 3-15
Overview: Black Holes in the Universe....Pages 16-24
Black Holes in X-Ray Binaries....Pages 27-38
Neutron Star Mass Determinations....Pages 39-44
On the Limiting Mass of Neutron Stars....Pages 45-52
Keck Observations of Black Hole X-Ray Transients....Pages 53-56
Measuring the Mass of the Black Hole in GS2000+25 Using IR Ellipsoidal Variations....Pages 57-58
YALO Observations of 4U 1543-47....Pages 59-60
Optical Spectroscopic Observations of Black-Hole Candidates....Pages 61-62
The Center of the Galaxy: Evidence for a Massive Black Hole....Pages 63-71
Towards Complete Stellar Orbits Around the Galaxy’s Central Black Hole: The First Acceleration Measurements....Pages 72-77
Evidence for Massive Black Holes in Nearby Galactic Nuclei....Pages 78-87
Effects of Anisotropy on the Central Dark Mass in NGC 3115. New Results from Integral Field Spectroscopy....Pages 88-90
Black-Hole Results from STIS....Pages 91-94
Gas/Stars Coupling in Early-Type Galaxies: Diagnostics for Supermassive Black Holes....Pages 95-98
Molecular Gas in Nuclei of the Seyfert Galaxies NGC3227 and NGC1068....Pages 99-100
Centaurus A: The Supermassive Black Hole in the Nearest AGN....Pages 101-106
SINFONI - Galaxy Dynamics at $0^{\\prime\\prime}\\hspace{-0.2cm}.05$ Resolution with the VLT....Pages 107-110
Accretion onto Black Holes and Neutron Stars: Differences and Similarities....Pages 113-124
X-Ray Variability of Neutron Stars versus Black Holes....Pages 125-130
RXTE Monitoring of LMC X-3....Pages 131-132
Monitoring the Short-Term Variability of Cyg X-1....Pages 133-134
Simultaneous Infrared and mm- Wave Observations of Disc Ejection Events in GRS 1915+105....Pages 135-136
Observations of Cygnus X-3 in Quiescence in the $2.4 - 12 \\mu$ m Range with ISO....Pages 137-138
Determination of Mass Limits Around Pulsars at 10 and $90 \\mu$ m with ISO....Pages 139-140
X-Ray Spectra of Neutron Stars vs. Black Holes....Pages 141-148
Why Do Black-Hole X-Ray Binaries Tend to Be Transient?....Pages 149-154
Black-Hole Transients and the Eddington Limit....Pages 155-158
Limits on Accretion Rates in Black Hole X-Ray Transients....Pages 159-160
Supermassive Black Holes Can Hardly Be “Silent”....Pages 161-167
Discovery of an X-Ray Outburst in an Optically Non-Active Galaxy....Pages 168-169
The Giant X-Ray Flare of NGC 5905 - a Tidal Disruption Event?....Pages 170-171
A Giant, Ultra-Soft, and Luminous X-Ray Flare from the Optically Inactive Galaxy Pair RX J1242.6-1119....Pages 172-173
New Evidence for Supermassive Binary Black Holes in the Blazar OJ287....Pages 174-175
Gravitational Lens Diagnosis of Quasar Accretion Disk....Pages 176-177
X-Ray Evidence of an AGN in the Starburst Galaxy M82....Pages 178-179
Gamma-Ray Observations of Black Holes: The Prospects of INTEGRAL....Pages 180-184
Jets from Black-Hole Binaries and Galactic Nuclei....Pages 185-192
Black-Hole States and Radio-Jet Formation....Pages 193-199
Black Hole X-Ray Binaries: A New View on Soft-Hard Spectral Transitions....Pages 200-201
Orbital, Precessional and Flaring Variability in Cygnus X-1....Pages 202-203
Modelling Synchrotron Outbursts in 3C 273....Pages 204-205
On the Formation of Jets....Pages 206-215
The Importance of Rapid Black Hole Spin in Relativistic Jet Formation....Pages 216-217
Radio Cores in Low-Luminosity AGN: ADAFs or Jets?....Pages 218-221
The Magnetic Field Configuration of Accretion Disks around Black Holes....Pages 222-223
The Influence of Resonant Absorption on the Fe Emission Line Profiles of Accreting Black Holes....Pages 224-225
X-Ray Iron Line Variability for the Model of an Orbiting Flare Above a Black Hole Accretion Disc....Pages 226-227
Causal Model for Relativistic Accretion Flow....Pages 228-229
Black Holes or Supermassive Compact Objects Without Event Horizon?....Pages 230-231
Outflowing Coronae Above Accretion Discs in AGN and GBH....Pages 232-233
Formation of Broad Line Clouds from Turbulent Shocks in the Accretion Flows of Active Galactic Nuclei....Pages 234-235
Wolf-Rayet Stars and Black Holes, an Overview....Pages 239-245
Structure of the Globular Cluster M15 and Constraints on a Massive Central Black Hole....Pages 246-251
Merger Rates of Black-Hole Binaries: Prospects for Gravitational-Wave Detectors....Pages 252-258
Central Black Holes and Galaxy Evolution....Pages 259-264
X-Ray Candidates for a Population of Nuclear Cores in Local Group Galaxies....Pages 265-266
Global X-Ray Emission and Central Properties of Early Type Galaxies....Pages 267-268
A New Monte Carlo Code for Dynamical Simulations of Galactic Nuclei Hosting Massive Black Holes....Pages 269-272
Luminosity and Mass Functions of Active Galactic Nuclei....Pages 273-274
Accreting Black Holes: Modelling Individual Objects and Whole Populations....Pages 275-276
Formation and Evolution of Black-Hole Binaries....Pages 279-288
Empirical Lower Mass Limit for Black-Hole Formation in a Massive Binary....Pages 289-294
Constraints on the Initial Mass Limit for Black-Hole Formation from the Massive X-Ray Binary Wray 977....Pages 295-298
Formation of Black-Hole X-Ray Binaries with Low-Mass Donors....Pages 299-304
The History of Cygnus X-2....Pages 305-306
Evidence of a Supernova Origin for the Black Hole in GRO J1655-40 (Nova Scorpii 1994)....Pages 307-311
Constraints on Mass Ejection in Black Hole Formation Derived from Black Hole X-Ray Binaries....Pages 312-313
A Search for the Presence of Bow Shocks around High-Mass X-Ray Binaries....Pages 314-315
Gamma-Ray Bursts in Relation to Black-Hole Formation....Pages 316-327
Black Hole Formation, Gamma-Ray Bursts, and Stellar Winds....Pages 328-331
Fallback in Supernovae and Black Hole Formation....Pages 332-333
Black-Hole Formation and Gamma-Ray Bursts....Pages 334-343
The Final Fate of Coalescing Binary Neutron Stars: Collapse to a Black Hole?....Pages 344-350
Supermassive Black Holes: Their Formation, and Their Prospects as Probes of Relativistic Gravity....Pages 351-363
The Formation and Evolution of Supermassive Black Holes and their Host Galaxies....Pages 364-374
Black Hole Formation in Dark Matter Halos....Pages 375-376