A single 30 min high-resolution spectrum of the optical counterpart to the black hole candidate XTE J1817-330 (ATEL #714, #733) was acquired with the MIKE...
Optical/IR flux fading rapidly in GX 339-4: OIR jet quenching
The transient black hole candidate GX 339-4 is currently softening in X-ray, making a transition out of the hard state (ATel #2545). We are monitoring the...
Orphan optical flare as SOSS emission afterglow, localization in time
We report on MASTER optical observations of an afterglow-like optical and X-ray transient AT2021lfa/ZTF21aayokph. We detected the initial steady brightening of...
Phase-dependent Study of Near-infrared Disk Emission Lines in LB-1
The mass, origin, and evolutionary stage of the binary system LB-1 have been intensely debated, following the claim that it hosts an ∼70M ☉ black hole, in stark...
Probing the early Universe with gravitational Wave Background
We will review both theoretical and obsevational aspects of gravitational wave backgrounds of cosmological origin. We will present a classifcation of...
Properties of OB star-black hole systems derived from detailed binary evolution models
Context. The recent gravitational wave measurements have demonstrated the existence of stellar mass black hole binaries. It is essential for our understanding...
Quiescent NIR and optical counterparts to candidate black hole X-ray binaries
We present near-infrared and optical imaging of 15 candidate black hole X-ray binaries. In addition to quiescent observations for all sources, we also observed...