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Stellar Mass Black Holes and Ultraluminous X-Ray Sources

Abstract

We review the likely population, observational properties, and broad implications of stellar-mass black holes and ultraluminous x-ray sources. We focus on the clear empirical rules connecting accretion and outflow that have been established for stellar-mass black holes in binary systems in the past decade and a half. These patterns of behavior are probably the keys that will allow us to understand black hole feedback on the largest scales over cosmological time scales.Comment: Review for Science Special Issue on black holes, 2012 August 3. 8 pages, 2 figure

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