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astro-ph.HE2018★ 72 cited

Observatory science with eXTP

Jean J. M. in 't Zand, Enrico Bozzo, Jinlu Qu +181

In this White Paper we present the potential of the enhanced X-ray Timing and Polarimetry (eXTP) mission for studies related to Observatory Science targets. These include flaring s…

astro-ph.HE2018★ 46 cited

Accretion in Strong Field Gravity with eXTP

Alessandra De Rosa, Phil Uttley, Lijun Gou +99

In this paper we describe the potential of the enhanced X-ray Timing and Polarimetry (eXTP) mission for studies related to accretion flows in the strong field gravity regime around…

astro-ph.HE2018★ 135 cited

Dense matter with eXTP

Anna L. Watts, Wenfei Yu, Juri Poutanen +73

In this White Paper we present the potential of the Enhanced X-ray Timing and Polarimetry (eXTP) mission for determining the nature of dense matter; neutron star cores host an extr…

astro-ph.HE2018★ 80 cited

Searches for Continuous Gravitational Waves from Fifteen Supernova Remnants and Fomalhaut b with Advanced LIGO

The LIGO Scientific Collaboration, the Virgo Collaboration, B. P. Abbott +1129

We describe directed searches for continuous gravitational waves from sixteen well localized candidate neutron stars assuming none of the stars has a binary companion. The searches…

astro-ph.HE2018★ 24 cited

Thermonuclear X-ray bursts in rapid succession in 4U 1636-536 with AstroSat-LAXPC

Aru Beri, Biswajit Paul, J S Yadav +12

We present results from an observation of the Low Mass X-ray Binary 4U 1636-536 obtained with the LAXPC instrument aboard AstroSat. The observations of 4U 1636-536 made during the…

astro-ph.HE2018★ 6 cited

The Powerful Jet and Gamma-Ray Flare of the Quasar PKS 0438436

Brian Punsly, Andrea Tramacere, Preeti Kharb +1

PKS 0438436 at a redshift of has been previously recognized as possessing perhaps the most luminous known synchrotron jet. Little is known about this source since the…

astro-ph.HE2018★ 266 cited

Post-Newtonian Dynamics in Dense Star Clusters: Formation, Masses, and Merger Rates of Highly-Eccentric Black Hole Binaries

Carl L. Rodriguez, Pau Amaro-Seoane, Sourav Chatterjee +5

Using state-of-the-art dynamical simulations of globular clusters, including radiation reaction during black hole encounters and a cosmological model of star cluster formation, we…

astro-ph.HE2018★ 20 cited

Study of timing evolution from non-variable to structured large-amplitude variability transition in GRS 1915+105 using AstroSat

Divya Rawat, Mayukh Pahari, J S Yadav +6

In this work, we present a 90 ks continuous monitoring of the Galactic micro-quasar GRS 1915+105 with AstroSat when the source undergoes a major transition from a non-variabl…

astro-ph.HE2018★ 5 cited

Follow-up Timing of Three GMRT Pulsars

Mayuresh P. Surnis, Bhal Chandra Joshi, Maura A. McLaughlin +3

We report on the results of multi-frequency follow-up observations of three pulsars (PSRs J0026+6320, J2208+5500 and J2217+5733) discovered with the Giant Metrewave Radio Telescope…

astro-ph.HE2018★ 901 cited

Binary Black Hole Population Properties Inferred from the First and Second Observing Runs of Advanced LIGO and Advanced Virgo

The LIGO Scientific Collaboration, the Virgo Collaboration, B. P. Abbott +1138

We present results on the mass, spin, and redshift distributions with phenomenological population models using the ten binary black hole mergers detected in the first and second ob…

astro-ph.HE2018★ 3.5k cited

GWTC-1: A Gravitational-Wave Transient Catalog of Compact Binary Mergers Observed by LIGO and Virgo during the First and Second Observing Runs

The LIGO Scientific Collaboration, the Virgo Collaboration, B. P. Abbott +1148

We present the results from three gravitational-wave searches for coalescing compact binaries with component masses above 1 during the first and second observing…

astro-ph.HE2018★ 107 cited

Post-Newtonian Dynamics in Dense Star Clusters: Binary Black Holes in the LISA Band

Kyle Kremer, Carl L. Rodriguez, Pau Amaro-Seoane +8

The dynamical processing of black holes in the dense cores of globular clusters (GCs), makes them efficient factories for producing binary black holes (BBHs). Here we explore the p…

astro-ph.HE2018★ 11 cited

A study of a tilted thin inner accretion disk around a spinning black hole

Srimanta Banerjee, Chandrachur Chakraborty, Sudip Bhattacharyya

The inner part of a thin accretion disk around a Kerr black hole can serve as an important tool to study the physics of the strong gravity regime. A tilt in such a disk with respec…

astro-ph.HE2018★ 156 cited

A Strong Jet Signature in the Late-Time Lightcurve of GW170817

K. P. Mooley, D. A. Frail, D. Dobie +19

We present new 0.6-10 GHz observations of the binary neutron star merger GW170817 covering the period up to 300 days post-merger, taken with the Karl G. Jansky Very Large Array, th…

astro-ph.HE2018★ 21 cited

Possible phase-dependent absorption feature in the x-ray spectrum of the middle-aged PSR J0659+1414

Prakash Arumugasamy, Oleg Kargaltsev, Bettina Posselt +2

We report on the energy-resolved timing and phase-resolved spectral analysis of X-ray emission from PSR J0659+1414 observed with XMM-Newton and NuSTAR. We find that the new data ru…

astro-ph.HE2018★ 69 cited

Classification of Subpulse Drifting in Pulsars

Rahul Basu, Dipanjan Mitra, George I. Melikidze +1

In this study we propose a classification scheme for the phenomenon of subpulse drifting in pulsars. We have assembled an exhaustive list of pulsars which exhibit subpulse drifting…

astro-ph.HE2018★ 28 cited

AstroSat and Chandra view of the high soft state of 4U 1630-47 (4U 1630-472): evidence of the disk wind and a rapidly spinning black hole

Mayukh Pahari, Sudip Bhattacharyya, A R Rao +8

We present the X-ray spectral and timing analysis of the transient black hole X-ray binary 4U 1630-47, observed with the AstroSat, Chandra and MAXI space missions during its soft X…

astro-ph.HE2018★ 25 cited

Constraining Compact Object Formation with 2M0521

Katelyn Breivik, Sourav Chatterjee, Jeff J. Andrews

We show that the recently discovered binary 2M05215658+4359220 (2M0521), comprised of a giant star (GS) orbiting a suspected black hole (BH) in a ~80 day orbit, may be instrumental…

astro-ph.HE2018★ 44 cited

A Fermi Gamma-ray Burst Monitor Search for Electromagnetic Signals Coincident with Gravitational-Wave Candidates in Advanced LIGO's First Observing Run

ray Burst Monitor Team, The LIGO Scientific Collaboration, the Virgo Collaboration +1160

We present a search for prompt gamma-ray counterparts to compact binary coalescence gravitational wave (GW) candidates from Advanced LIGO's first observing run (O1). As demonstrate…

astro-ph.HE2018★ 49 cited

Constraining the p-mode--g-mode tidal instability with GW170817

The LIGO Scientific Collaboration, The Virgo Collaboration, B. P. Abbott +1136

We analyze the impact of a proposed tidal instability coupling -modes and -modes within neutron stars on GW170817. This non-resonant instability transfers energy from the orb…

astro-ph.HE2018★ 11 cited

Temporal variability and estimation of jet parameters for Ton 599

S. R. Patel, V. R. Chitnis, A. Shukla +2

The TeV blazar Ton 599 has exhibited a peculiar flare in 2017 November. The temporal variation of the source is studied using simultaneous -ray data from Large…

astro-ph.HE2018★ 53 cited

Constraining the relativistic mean-field model equations of state with gravitational wave observations

Rana Nandi, Prasanta Char, Subrata Pal

The first detection of gravitational waves from the binary neutron star merger event GW170817 has started to provide important new constraints on the nuclear equation of state at h…

astro-ph.HE2018★ 124 cited

Authenticating the Presence of a Relativistic Massive Black Hole Binary in OJ 287 Using its General Relativity Centenary Flare: Improved Orbital Parameters

Lankeswar Dey, M. J. Valtonen, A. Gopakumar +5

Results from regular monitoring of relativistic compact binaries like PSR 1913+16 are consistent with the dominant (quadrupole) order emission of gravitational waves (GWs). We show…

astro-ph.HE2018

Black hole demographics from TDE modeling

T. Mageshwaran, A. Mangalam

The occurrence rate of tidal disruption events (TDEs) by survey missions depend on the black hole mass function of the galaxies, properties of the stellar cusp and mass of the cent…