We present outburst spectroscopy of GX 339-4 that may reveal the motion of its elusive companion star. N III lines exhibit sharp emission components moving over...
Dynamical evidence for a black hole in the X-ray transient QZ VUL (=GS 2000+25)
We report the first spectroscopic detection of the secondary star in the X-ray transient QZ Vul (=GS 2000+25). Cross-correlation of individual spectra against K...
Dynamical mass of the white dwarf in XY Ari: a test for intermediate polar X-ray spectral models
We present a dynamical study of the eclipsing intermediate polar XY Ari based on time-resolved near-infrared spectroscopy obtained with the EMIR spectrograph on...
Dynamical modelling of CXOGBS J175553.2-281633: a 10 h long orbital period cataclysmic variable
We present modelling of the long-term optical light and radial velocity curves of the binary stellar system CXOGBS J175553.2-281633, first detected in X-rays in...
We present simultaneous X-ray (RXTE) and optical (ULTRACAM) narrow-band (Bowen blend/HeII and nearby continuum) observations of Sco X-1 at 2-10 Hz time...
Estimate of the Accretion Disk Size in the Gravitationally Lensed Quasar HE 0435–1223 Using Microlensing Magnification Statistics
We present a measurement of the accretion disk size of the quadruple lensed quasar HE 0435–1223 from well-sampled 13-year COSMOGRAIL optical light curves. Using...
Events leading up to the 2015 June Outburst of V404 Cyg
On 2015 June 15 the burst alert telescope (BAT) on board Swift detected an X-ray outburst from the black hole (BH) transient V404 Cyg. We monitored V404 Cyg for...