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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PublicationChemical composition of secondary stars in LMXBs: implications on the progenitors of black holes and neutron stars
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PublicationConfirmation 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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PublicationConstraints 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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NewsContinuous 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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NewsDiscovery 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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PublicationDiscovery 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...
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PublicationDiscovery of X-Ray Emission from the First Be/Black Hole System
MWC 656 (=HD 215227) was recently discovered to be the first binary system composed of a Be star and a black hole (BH). We observed it with XMM-Newton, and...
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NewsDoes the merger of two black holes emit light? The Subaru+GTC collaboration tries to answer this question
A team led by researchers from the Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias (IAC) and the National Astronomical Observatory of Japan (NAOJ) has made, with the Gran...
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TalkDynamics of galaxies and globular clusters unraveled with two-dimensional kinematics
Two-dimensional stellar kinematics obtained with the integral-field spectrograph SAURON allow the classification of early-type galaxies into 'slow' and 'fast'...