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The Swift Gamma-Ray Burst Mission

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The Swift mission will determine the origin of GRB, classify GRBs and search for new types, study the interaction of the ultrarelativistic outflows of GRBs with their surrounding medium, and use GRBs to study the early universe out to z >10.
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A Unified Model for Black Hole X-Ray Binary Jets?

We have recently put forward a ‘unified’ semi-empirical model for the coupling between accretion and jet production in galactic black hole X-ray binaries. In this paper, we summarise this model and…
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The evolution of the timing properties of the black-hole transient GX 339-4 during its 2002/2003 outburst

We present the results of the timing and color analysis of more than two hundred RXTE/PCA observations of the bright black-hole transient GX 339-4 obtained during its 2002/2003 outburst. The…
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Correlated X-Ray Spectral and Timing Behavior of the Black Hole Candidate XTE J1550–564: A New Interpretation of Black Hole States

We present an analysis of data of the black hole candidate and X-ray transient XTE J1550-564, taken with the Rossi X-Ray Timing Explorer between 1998 November 22 and 1999 May 20. During this period…
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A Unified Description of the Timing Features of Accreting X-Ray Binaries

We study an empirical model for a unified description of the power spectra of accreting neutron stars and black holes. This description is based on a superposition of multiple Lorentzians and offers…
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The ABC of Low-Frequency Quasi-periodic Oscillations in Black Hole Candidates: Analogies with Z Sources

Three main types of low-frequency quasi-periodic oscillations (LFQPOs) have been observed in black hole candidates. We reanalyzed RXTE data of the bright systems XTE J1859+226, XTE J1550-564, and GX…
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Aquila X-1 from Outburst to Quiescence: The Onset of the Propeller Effect and Signs of a Turned-on Rotation-powered Pulsar

We report on the 1997 March-April BeppoSAX observations of Aquila X-1, which were the first to monitor the evolution of the spectral and time-variability properties of a neutron star soft X-ray…
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The Discovery of Rapid X-Ray Oscillations in the Tail of the SGR 1806–20 Hyperflare

We have discovered rapid quasi-periodic oscillations (QPOs) in RXTE/PCA measurements of the pulsating tail of the 2004 December 27 giant flare of SGR 1806-20. QPOs at ~92.5 Hz are detected in a 50 s…
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An Unstable Central Disk in the Superluminal Black Hole X-Ray Binary GRS 1915+105

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The complicated X-ray intensity curve of this source can be described by the rapid removal and replenishment of matter forming the inner part of an optically thick accretion disk, probably caused by a thermal-viscous instability analogous to that operating in dwarf novae, but here driven by the Lightman-Eardley instability.
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States and transitions in black-hole binaries

With the availability of the large database of black-hole transients from the Rossi X-Ray Timing Explorer, the observed phenomenology has become very complex. The original classification of the…
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