Astrophysical: Black holes

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    Search for very high-energy gamma-ray emission from the microquasar Cygnus X-1 with the MAGIC telescopes
    The microquasar Cygnus X-1 displays the two typical soft and hard X-ray states of a black hole transient. During the latter, Cygnus X-1 shows a one-sided...
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    Similar states of activity identified in supermassive and stellar mass black holes
    The researchers Juan A. Fernández-Ontiveros, of the Istituto Nazionale di Astrofisica (INAF) in Rome and Teo Muñoz-Darias, of the Instituto de Astrofísica de...
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    Simultaneous INTEGRAL, RXTE, Swift and FT South observations of the transition of GX 339-4
    As GX 339-4 has started to leave the Low/Hard State (ATel #2545), we triggered the 2nd part of our INTEGRAL campaign on GX 339-4 in the declining phase of the...
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    Simultaneous NICER and NuSTAR observations of the ultraluminous source NGC 4190 ULX-1
    Aims: We present an X-ray analysis of three different XMM-Newton observations together with simultaneous NICER and NuSTAR observations of the ultraluminous X...
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    Simultaneous X-ray and optical spectroscopy of V404 Cygni supports the multi-phase nature of X-ray binary accretion disc winds
    Observational signatures of accretion disc winds have been found in a significant number of low-mass X-ray binaries at either X-ray or optical wavelengths. The...
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    SOAR/Goodman Spectroscopic Assessment of Candidate Counterparts of the LIGO/Virgo Event GW190814
    On 2019 August 14 at 21:10:39 UTC, the LIGO/Virgo Collaboration (LVC) detected a possible neutron star-black hole merger (NSBH), the first ever identified. An...
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    Soft-state optical spectroscopy of the black hole MAXI J1305-704
    The X-ray dipper MAXI J1305-704 is a dynamically confirmed black hole (BH) X-ray binary discovered a decade ago. While its only outburst has been studied in...
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    Spectroscopic confirmation of the AGN nature of Swift J1933.9+3258 (=1RXS J193347.6+325422)
    We report on optical spectroscopy of Swift J1933.9+3258 (=1RXS J193347.6+325422). This X-ray source has recently been classified as a likely radio-quiet AGN on...
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    Stellar black holes at the dawn of the Universe: cosmological implications
    The so called "dark ages" of the universe began about 400.000 years after the Big Bang as matter cooled down and space became filled with neutral hydrogen for...