Astrophysical: Black holes

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    Chandra Observations of the M31 X-Ray Transients XMMU J004245.9+411036 and XMMU J004241.2+411821
    As part of our ongoing Chandra/HST M31 transient program we report on Chandra ACIS observations of M31 containing the new transient sources reported by Pietsch...
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    Chemical composition of secondary stars in LMXBs: implications on the progenitors of black holes and neutron stars
    Recent studies of chemical abundances of secondary stars in low mass X-ray binaries have opened a new window to obtain information on the progenitors of black...
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    Confirmation of the NIR counterparts to SLX 1746-331 and XTE J1810-189
    We present infrared observations of the counterparts to the X- ray transients SLX 1746-331 and XTE J1810-189 obtained with the 6.5m Magellan Baade telescope at...
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    Constraints on particle acceleration in SS433/W50 from MAGIC and H.E.S.S. observations
    Context. The large jet kinetic power and non-thermal processes occurring in the microquasar SS 433 make this source a good candidate for a very high-energy (VHE...
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    Continuous infrared winds discovered during the eruption of a stellar mass black hole
    A team of researchers from the Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias (IAC) has detected for the first time the constant infrared emission from winds produced...
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    Deep HST Imaging Favors the Bulgeless Edge-on Galaxy Explanation for the Hypothetical Stellar Wake Created by a Runaway Supermassive Black Hole
    A long linear structure recently discovered could be the stellar wake produced by the passage of a runaway supermassive black hole (SMBH) or, alternatively, a...
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    Discovery of a dormant 33 solar-mass black hole in pre-release Gaia astrometry
    Context. Gravitational waves from black-hole (BH) merging events have revealed a population of extra-galactic BHs residing in short-period binaries with masses...
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    Discovery of relativistic jets blowing bubbles in the central region of the Teacup Galaxy
    A study led by Anelise Audibert, a researcher at the Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias (IAC), reveals a process that explains the peculiar morphology of the...
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    Discovery of the optical counterpart to XTEJ1748-361=A1744-36
    We report the discovery of the optical counterpart to the X-ray transient XTE J1748-361 using the 6.5m Magellan-Clay telescope at Las Campanas Observatory...