Astrophysical: Stellar mass black holes

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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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    Dramatic Drop in the X-Ray Polarization of Swift J1727.8–1613 in the Soft Spectral State
    Black hole X-ray binaries exhibit different spectral and timing properties in different accretion states. The X-ray outburst of a recently discovered and...
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    MASTER Optical Observation of LIGO/VIRGO S200224ca Error-box
    We present the results of MASTER Global Robotic Net optical observations of LIGO/Virgo S200224ca error-box (O3 set). We observed 380 square degrees inside the...
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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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    The Donor of the Black Hole X-Ray Binary MAXI J1820+070
    We estimate the parameters of the donor of the accreting black hole binary MAXI J1820+070. The measured values of the binary period, rotational and radial...
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    The Mid-infrared-emitting Jet in the Black Hole V404 Cygni in Quiescence
    Observations of some quiescent black hole X-ray binaries have revealed an excess of mid-infrared (MIR) emission above that expected from their donor stars. In...
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    The Observed Mass Distribution of Galactic Black Hole LMXBs Is Biased against Massive Black Holes
    The discovery of gravitational-wave radiation from merging black holes (BHs) also uncovered BHs with masses in the range of ≍20-160 M ⊙. In contrast, the most...