Tag Archives: X-Ray

Events leading up to the June 2015 outburst of V404 Cyg

Posted on 02/05/2018 by Matthew Allen

Bernardini, D.M. Russell (New York University Abu Dhabi), A.W. Shaw (Southampton), F. Lewis (FT, LJMU), P.A. Charles (Southampton), K.I.I. Koljonen (New York University Abu Dhabi), J.P. Lasota (Institut d’Astrophysique de Paris, Nicolaus Copernicus Astronomical Center, Warsaw), J. Casares (IAC, Tenerife, …

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A “high-hard” outburst of the black hole X-ray binary GS 1354-64

Posted on 02/05/2018 by Matthew Allen

K. I. I. Koljonen, D. M. Russell (NYUAD), J. M. Corral-Santana (Pontificia Universidad Catholica de Chile), M. Armas Padilla, T. Muñoz-Darias (IAC), F. Lewis (FT/LJMU), M. Coriat (Toulouse), F. E. Bauer (Pontificia Universidad Catholica de Chile, Millennium Institute of Astrophysics, …

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Polarized synchrotron emission in quiescent black hole X-ray transients

Posted on 02/05/2018 by Matthew Allen

D.M. Russell (NYUAD), T. Shahbaz (IAC, Spain), Fraser Lewis (FT/LMU), E. Gallo (Michigan) We present near-infrared polarimetric observations of the black hole X-ray binaries Swift J1357.2-0933 and A0620-00. In both sources, recent studies have demonstrated the presence of variable infrared …

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Multiwavelength monitoring of a very active dwarf nova AX J1549.8−5416 with an unusually high duty cycle

Posted on 02/05/2018 by Matthew Allen

Guobao Zhang, Joseph D. Gelfand, David M. Russell (NYUAD), Fraser Lewis (FT/LJMU), Nicola Masetti (INAF Bologna/Universidad Andres Bello, Santiago, Chile), Federico Bernardini (NYUAD), Ileana Andruchow, L. Zibecchi (Universidad Nacional de La Plata Argentina/Instituto de Astrofısica La PlataArgentina) We present the …

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Optical Precursors to Black Hole X-ray Binary Outbursts: An evolving synchrotron jet spectrum in Swift J1357.2-0933

Posted on 02/05/2018 by Matthew Allen

David M. Russell, Ahlam Al Qasim, Federico Bernardini (New York University Abu Dhabi), Richard M. Plotkin (International Centre for Radio Astronomy Research – Curtin University), Fraser Lewis (Faulkes Telescope Project, LJMU), Karri Koljonen (Finnish Centre for Astronomy with ESO – …

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Disk-jet coupling in low-luminosity accreting neutron stars

Posted on 02/05/2018 by Matthew Allen

V. Tudor, J. C. A. Miller-Jones, A. Patruno, C. R. D’Angelo, P. G. Jonker, D. M. Russell, T. D. Russell, F. Bernardini, F. Lewis, A. T. Deller, J. W. T. Hessels, S. Migliari, R. M. Plotkin, R. Soria, R. Wijnands …

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UP AND DOWN THE BLACK HOLE RADIO/X-RAY CORRELATION: THE 2017 MINI-OUTBURSTS FROM SWIFT J1753.5−0127

Posted on 02/05/2018 by Matthew Allen

R. M. Plotkin, J. Bright, J. C. A. Miller-Jones, A. W. Shaw, J. A. Tomsick, T. D. Russell, G.-B.Zhang, D. M. Russell, R. P. Fender, J. Homan, P. Atri, F. Bernardini, J. D. Gelfand, F. Lewis, T. M. Cantwell, S. …

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The long-term optical evolution of the black hole candidate MAXI J1659-152

Posted on 02/05/2018 by Matthew Allen

Jesus M. Corral-Santana (ESO, Universidad Catolica de Chile), Manuel A. P. Torres (IAC, La Laguna, SRON), Tariq Shahbaz (IAC, La Laguna), Elizabeth S. Bartlett (ESO), David M. Russell (New York University Abu Dhabi), Albert K. H. Kong (Taiwan), Jorge Casares …

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IGR J17329-2731: The birth of a symbiotic X-ray binary

Posted on 02/05/2018 by Matthew Allen

E. Bozzo (Geneva), A. Bahramian (Michigan State), C. Ferrigno (Geneva), A. Sanna (Cagliari), J. Strader (Michigan State), F. Lewis (FT/ARI), D. M. Russell (New York University Abu Dhabi), T. di Salvo (Palermo), L. Burderi, A. Riggio (Cagliari), A. Papitto (INAF-Rome), …

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The evolving jet spectrum of the neutron star X-ray binary Aql X-1 in transitional states during its 2016 outburst

Posted on 26/04/2018 by Matthew Allen

M. Diaz Trigo (ESO, Garching), D. Altamirano (Southampton), T. Dincer (Yale), J. C. A. Miller-Jones (Curtin, Australia), D. M. Russell (New York University Abu Dhabi), A. Sanna (Cagliari), C. Bailyn (Yale), F. Lewis (FT, LJMU), S. Migliari (ESAC Madrid, Barcelona), …

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