This repository contains the orbital parameters (where applicable) and calculated
masses of the 35 Galactic black holes collected in Tables 2 and 3 of the paper:
'An Overview of Compact Star Populations and Some of Its Open Problems'
by L. M. de Sá, A. Bernardo, R. R. A. Bachega, L. S. Rocha, P. H. R. S. Moraes
 and J. E. Horvath, Galaxies, 2022.
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As discussed and defined in the paper, parameters are given as probability 
distributions, which are either

- an asymmetric Gaussian, with mode mu; upper standard deviation sigma1; and
lower standard deviation sigma2,
- a simple Gaussian, with mean mu and standard deviation sigma,
- or a uniform distribution, with lower limit sigma1 and upper limit sigma2.

For each parameter, whenever the sigmas but no mu are provided, the distribution
is uniform. Otherwise, it is a Gaussian, which is simple if both sigmas are the same.
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All data is included in the file 'bh_orbitalParams_masses.csv'. The columns are

name - name of the object in that row
type - whether the black hole is in an lmxb, hmxb, detached binary or a
microlensing event (isolated black hole)
porb_mu_day - orbital period mu in day
porb_sigma_day - orbital period sigma in day, all orbital periods follow 
a simple Gaussian, so only one sigma is provided
kcp_mu_km_s-1 - velocity semi-amplitude mu of the companion to the black hole
in km s-1
kcp_sigma1_km_s-1 - velocity semi-amplitude sigma1 of the companion to 
the black hole in km s-1
kcp_sigma2_km_s-1 - velocity semi-amplitude sigma2 of the companion to 
the black hole in km s-1
e_mu - eccentricity mu
e_sigma - eccentricity sigma, all eccentricities follow a simply Gaussian, so only
one sigma is provided
fMbh_mu_msun - black hole mass function mu in solar masses
fMbh_sigma1_msun - black hole mass function sigma1 in solar masses
fMbh_sigma2_msun - black hole mass function sigma2 in solar masses
i_mu_deg - orbital inclination mu in degrees
i_sigma1_deg - orbital inclination sigma1 in degrees
i_sigma2_deg - orbital inclination sigma2 in degrees
q_mu - mass ratio (companion mass)/(black hole mass) mu
q_sigma1 - mass ratio (companion mass)/(black hole mass) sigma1
q_sigma2 - mass ratio (companion mass)/(black hole mass) sigma2
mbh_mu_msun - black hole mass mu in solar masses
mbh_sigma1_msun - black hole mass sigma1 in solar masses
mbh_sigma2_msun - black hole mass sigma2 in solar masses





