Black Holes in Binaries and Galactic Nuclei: Diagnostics, Demography and Formation Book

	Black Hole Research Past and Future	3
	Overview: Black Holes in the Universe	16
	Black Holes in X-Ray Binaries	27
	Neutron Star Mass Determinations	39
	On the Limiting Mass of Neutron Stars	45
	Keck Observations of Black Hole X-Ray Transients	53
	Measuring the Mass of the Black Hole in GS2000+25 Using IR Ellipsoidal Variations	57
	YALO Observations of 4U 1543-47	59
	Optical Spectroscopic Observations of Black-Hole Candidates	61
	The Center of the Galaxy: Evidence for a Massive Black Hole	63
	Towards Complete Stellar Orbits Around the Galaxy's Central Black Hole: The First Acceleration Measurements	72
	Evidence for Massive Black Holes in Nearby Galactic Nuclei	78
	Effects of Anisotropy on the Central Dark Mass in NGC 3315. New Results from Integral Field Spectroscopy	88
	Black-Hole Results from STIS	91
	Gas/Stars Coupling in Early-Type Galaxies: Diagnostics for Supermassive Black Holes	95
	Molecular Gas in Nuclei of the Seyfert Galaxies NGC3227 and NGC1068	99
	Centaurus A: The Supermassive Black Hole in the Nearest AGN	101
	SINFONI - Galaxy Dynamics at 0".05 Resolution with the VLT	107
	Accretion onto Black Holes and Neutron Stars: Differences and Similarities	113
	X-Ray Variability of Neutron Stars versus Black Holes	125
	RXTE Monitoring of LMC X-3	131
	Monitoring the Short-Term Variability of Cyg X-1	133
	Simultaneous Infrared and mm-Wave Observations of Disc Ejection Events in GRS 1915+105	135
	Observations of Cygnus X-3 in Quiescence in the 2.4 - 12 [mu]m Range with ISO	137
	Determination of Mass Limits Around Pulsars at 10 and 90 [mu]m with ISO	139
	X-Ray Spectra of Neutron Stars vs. Black Holes	141
	Why Do Black-Hole X-Ray Binaries Tend to Be Transient?	149
	Black-Hole Transients and the Eddington Limit	155
	Limits on Accretion Rates in Black Hole X-Ray Transients	159
	Supermassive Black Holes Can Hardly Be "Silent"	161
	Discovery of an X-Ray Outburst in an Optically Non-Active Galaxy	168
	The Giant X-Ray Flare of NGC5905 - a Tidal Disruption Event?	170
	A Giant, Ultra-Soft, and Luminous X-Ray Flare from the Optically Inactive Galaxy Pair RX J1242.6-1119	172
	New Evidence for Supermassive Binary Black Holes in the Blazar OJ287	174
	Gravitational Lens Diagnosis of Quasar Accretion Disk	176
	X-Ray Evidence of an AGN in the Starburst Galaxy M82	178
	Gamma-Ray Observations of Black Holes: The Prospects of INTEGRAL	180
	Jets from Black-Hole Binaries and Galactic Nuclei	185
	Black-Hole States and Radio-Jet Formation	193
	Black Hole X-Ray Binaries: A New View on Soft-Hard Spectral Transitions	200
	Orbital, Precessional and Flaring Variability in Cygnus X-1	202
	Modelling Synchrotron Outbursts in 3C 273	204
	On the Formation of Jets	206
	The Importance of Rapid Black Hole Spin in Relativistic Jet Formation	216
	Radio Cores in Low-Luminosity AGN: ADAFs or Jets?	218
	The Magnetic Field Configuration of Accretion Disks around Black Holes	222
	The Influence of Resonant Absorption on the Fe Emission Line Profiles of Accreting Black Holes	224
	X-Ray Iron Line Variability for the Model of an Orbiting Flare Above a Black Hole Accretion Disc	226
	Causal Model for Relativistic Accretion Flow	228
	Black Holes or Supermassive Compact Objects Without Event Horizon?	230
	Outflowing Coronae Above Accretion Discs in AGN and GBH	232
	Formation of Broad Line Clouds from Turbulent Shocks in the Accretion Flows of Active Galactic Nuclei	234
	Wolf-Rayet Stars and Black Holes, an Overview	239
	Structure of the Globular Cluster M15 and Constraints on a Massive Central Black Hole	246
	Merger Rates of Black-Hole Binaries: Prospects for Gravitational-Wave Detectors	252
	Central Black Holes and Galaxy Evolution	259
	X-Ray Candidates for a Population of Nuclear Cores in Local Group Galaxies	265
	Global X-Ray Emission and Central Properties of Early Type Galaxies	267
	A New Monte Carlo Code for Dynamical Simulations of Galactic Nuclei Hosting Massive Black Holes	269
	Luminosity and Mass Functions of Active Galactic Nuclei	273
	Accreting Black Holes: Modelling Individual Objects and Whole Populations	275
	Formation and Evolution of Black-Hole Binaries	279
	Empirical Lower Mass Limit for Black-Hole Formation in a Massive Binary	289
	Constraints on the Initial Mass Limit for Black-Hole Formation from the Massive X-Ray Binary Wray 977	295
	Formation of Black-Hole X-Ray Binaries with Low-Mass Donors	299
	The History of Cygnus X-2	305
	Evidence of a Supernova Origin for the Black Hole in GRO J1655-40 (Nova Scorpii 1994)	307
	Constraints on Mass Ejection in Black Hole Formation Derived from Black Hole X-Ray Binaries	312
	A Search for the Presence of Bow Shocks around High-Mass X-Ray Binaries	314
	Gamma-Ray Bursts in Relation to Black-Hole Formation	316
	Black Hole Formation, Gamma-Ray Bursts, and Stellar Winds	328
	Fallback in Supernovae and Black Hole Formation	332
	Black-Hole Formation and Gamma-Ray Bursts	334
	The Final Fate of Coalescing Binary Neutron Stars: Collapse to a Black Hole?	344
	Supermassive Black Holes: Their Formation, and Their Prospects as Probes of Relativistic Gravity	351
	The Formation and Evolution of Supermassive Black Holes and their Host Galaxies	364
	Black Hole Formation in Dark Matter Halos	375
	Author Index	377