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The distances to Galactic low-mass X-ray binaries: consequences for black hole luminosities and kicks
- P. Jonker, G. Nelemans
- Physics
- 8 July 2004
We investigated the reported distances of Galactic black hole (BH) and neutron star low-mass X-ray binaries (LMXBs). Comparing the distances derived for the neutron stars Cyg X-2 and XTE J2123-058… Expand
THE FIRST ACCURATE PARALLAX DISTANCE TO A BLACK HOLE
- J. Miller-Jones, P. Jonker, +8 authors Mit
- Physics
- 27 October 2009
Using astrometric VLBI observations, we have determined the parallax of the black hole X-ray binary V404 Cyg to be 0.418 ± 0.024 mas, corresponding to a distance of 2.39 ± 0.14 kpc, significantly… Expand
Six new candidate ultracompact X-ray binaries
- J. I. '. Zand, P. Jonker, C. Markwardt
- Physics
- 29 January 2007
Ultracompact X-ray binaries (UCXBs) appear able to sustain accretion onto the compact accretor at rates lower than in wider X-ray binaries. This may be understood by the smaller accretion disks in… Expand
A kilonova as the electromagnetic counterpart to a gravitational-wave source
Gravitational waves were discovered with the detection of binary black-hole mergers and they should also be detectable from lower-mass neutron-star mergers. These are predicted to eject material rich… Expand
A radio-emitting outflow in the quiescent state of A0620−00: implications for modelling low-luminosity black hole binaries
- E. Gallo, R. Fender, +5 authors M. V. D. Klis
- Physics
- 16 May 2006
Deep observations with the Very Large Array of A0620-00, performed in 2005 August, resulted in the first detection of radio emission from a black hole binary at X-ray luminosities as low as 10-8.5… Expand
Localization and broadband follow-up of the gravitational-wave transient GW150914
- B. Abbott, R. Abbott, +1,514 authors S. Rosswog
- Physics
- 26 February 2016
A gravitational-wave (GW) transient was identified in data recorded by the Advanced Laser Interferometer Gravitational-wave Observatory (LIGO) detectors on 2015 September 14. The event, initially… Expand
Global optical/infrared-X-ray correlations in X-ray binaries: quantifying disc and jet contributions
- D. Russell, R. Fender, +11 authors Yale
- Physics
- 29 June 2006
The optical/near-infrared (OIR) region of the spectra of low-mass X-ray binaries appears to lie at the intersection of a variety of different emission processes. In this paper we present… Expand
A radio-pulsing white dwarf binary star
- T. Marsh, B. Gaensicke, +23 authors P. Wheatley
- Physics, Medicine
- Nature
- 27 July 2016
White dwarfs are compact stars, similar in size to Earth but approximately 200,000 times more massive. Isolated white dwarfs emit most of their power from ultraviolet to near-infrared wavelengths,… Expand
An ultra-relativistic outflow from a neutron star accreting gas from a companion
- R. Fender, K. Wu, +4 authors M. V. D. Klis
- Physics, Medicine
- Nature
- 15 January 2004
Collimated relativistic outflows—also known as jets—are amongst the most energetic phenomena in the Universe. They are associated with supermassive black holes in distant active galactic nuclei,… Expand
The Hot and Energetic Universe: A White Paper presenting the science theme motivating the Athena+ mission
- K. Nandra, D. Barret, +237 authors I. Zhuravleva
- Physics
- 1 June 2013
This White Paper, submitted to the recent ESA call for science themes to define its future large missions, advocates the need for a transformational leap in our understanding of two key questions in… Expand