Browsing by Subject "X-rays: binaries"
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Formation of black hole x-ray binaries in globular clusters
(Institute of Physics, 2010-07-10)Inspired by the recent identification in extragalactic globular clusters of the first candidate black hole–white dwarf (BH–WD) X-ray binaries, where the compact accretors may be stellar-mass black holes (BHs), we explore ... -
Implications of the Delayed 2013 Outburst of ESO 243-49 HLX-1
(IOP, 2014-10-01)After showing four quasi-periodic outbursts spaced by similar to 1 yr from 2009 to 2012, the hyper luminous X-ray source ESO 243-49 HLX-1, currently the best intermediate mass black hole (IMBH) candidate, showed an outburst ... -
Micro-tidal disruption events by stellar compact objects and the production of ultra-long GRBs
(Institute of Physics, 2016-05-27)We explore full/partial tidal disruption events (TDEs) of stars/planets by stellar compact objects (black holes (BHs) or neutron stars (NSs)), which we term micro-TDEs. Disruption of a star/planet with mass M sstarf may ... -
On the origin of the metallicity dependence in dynamically formed extragalactic low-mass X-ray binaries
(Institute of Physics, 2012-12-01)Globular clusters (GCs) effectively produce dynamically formed low-mass X-ray binaries (LMXBs). Observers detect ~100 times more LMXBs per stellar mass in GCs compared to stars in the fields of galaxies. Observationally, ...