Comment on “A noninteracting low-mass black hole-giant star binary system”
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| Publication date | 08-05-2020 |
| Journal | Science |
| Article number | eaba3282 |
| Volume | Issue number | 368 | 6491 |
| Number of pages | 3 |
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| Abstract | Thompson et al. (Reports, 1 November 2019, p. 637) interpreted the unseen companion of the red giant star 2MASS J05215658+4359220 as most likely a black hole. We argue that if the red giant’s mass is ~1 solar mass, its companion can be a close binary consisting of two main-sequence stars. This would explain why no x-ray emission is detected from the system. |
| Document type | Comment/Letter to the editor |
| Language | English |
| Published at | https://doi.org/10.1126/science.aba3282 |
| Published at | https://arxiv.org/abs/2005.04896 |
| Other links | https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2020Sci...368.3282V/abstract |
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