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most citedINTEGRAL view on Cataclysmic Variables and Symbiotic Binaries

28 citations

14 papers

astro-ph.SR2023★ 5 cited

Transient and asymmetric dust structures in the TeV-bright nova RS Oph revealed by spectropolarimetry

Y. Nikolov, G. J. M. Luna, K. A. Stoyanov +4

A long-standing question related to nova eruptions is how these eruptions can lead to the formation of dust despite the ostensibly inhospitable environment for dust within the hot,…

astro-ph.HE2023★ 9 cited

K2 & TESS observations of symbiotic X-ray binaries: GX 1+4 and IGR J16194-2810

G. J. M. Luna

I analyze the K2 and TESS data taken in 2016, 2019 and 2021 of the symbiotic X-ray binaries GX 1+4 and IGR J16194-2810. GX 1+4 consists of a pulsar accreting from a red giant compa…

astro-ph.HE2022★ 12 cited

Taking a break: paused accretion in the symbiotic binary RT Cru

A. Pujol, G. J. M. Luna, K. Mukai +10

Symbiotic binaries sometimes hide their symbiotic nature for significant periods of time. There is mounting observational evidence that in those symbiotics that are powered solely…

astro-ph.HE2022★ 17 cited

Shocks in the outflow of the RS Oph 2021 eruption observed with X-ray gratings

Marina Orio, Ehud Behar, Juan Luna +9

The 2021 outburst of the symbiotic recurrent nova RS Oph was observed with the Chandra High Energy Transmission Gratings (HETG) on day 18 after optical maximum and with XMM-Newton…

astro-ph.GA2022★ 10 cited

Discovery of the most luminous quasar of the last 9 Gyr

Christopher A. Onken, Samuel Lai, Christian Wolf +8

We report the discovery of a bright (g = 14.5 mag (AB), K = 11.9 mag (Vega)) quasar at redshift z = 0.83 -- the optically brightest (unbeamed) quasar at z > 0.4. SMSS J114447.77-43…

astro-ph.HE2022★ 23 cited

NICER monitoring of supersoft X-ray sources

M. Orio, K. Gendreau, M. Giese +9

We monitored four supersoft sources - two persistent ones, CAL 83 and MR Vel, and the recent novae YZ Ret (Nova Ret 2020) and V1674 Her (Nova Her 2021) - with NICER. The two persis…

astro-ph.HE2021★ 27 cited

The Remarkable Spin-down and Ultra-fast Outflows of the Highly-Pulsed Supersoft Source of Nova Hercules 2021

Jeremy J. Drake, Jan-Uwe Ness, Kim L. Page +12

Nova Her 2021 (V1674 Her), which erupted on 2021 June 12, reached naked-eye brightness and has been detected from radio to -rays. An extremely fast optical decline of 2 magnitud…

astro-ph.HE2021★ 21 cited

Expanding Bipolar X-ray Structure After the 2006 Eruption of RS Oph

R. Montez, G. J. M. Luna, K. Mukai +2

We report on the detection and analysis of extended X-ray emission by the {\it Chandra} X-ray Observatory stemming from the 2006 eruption of the recurrent novae RS Oph. The extende…

astro-ph.SR2021★ 9 cited

Breaking the degeneracy in magnetic cataclysmic variable X-ray spectral modeling using X-ray light curves

Diogo Belloni, Claudia V. Rodrigues, Matthias R. Schreiber +12

We present an analysis of mock X-ray spectra and light curves of magnetic cataclysmic variables using an upgraded version of the 3D CYCLOPS code. This 3D representation of the accr…

astro-ph.HE2020★ 8 cited

X-ray Spectra and Light Curves of Cooling Novae and a Nova-Like

Bangzheng Sun, Marina Orio, Andrej Dobrotka +3

We present X-ray observations of novae V2491 Cyg and KT Eri about 9 years post-outburst, of the dwarf nova and post-nova candidate EY Cyg, and of a VY Scl variable. The first three…

astro-ph.SR2020★ 28 cited

Increasing activity in T CrB suggests nova eruption is impending

Gerardo J. M. Luna, J. L. Sokoloski, K. Mukai +1

Estimates of the accretion rate in symbiotic recurrent novae (RNe) often fall short of theoretical expectations by orders of magnitude. This apparent discrepancy can be resolved if…

astro-ph.HE2020★ 28 cited

INTEGRAL view on Cataclysmic Variables and Symbiotic Binaries

Alexander Lutovinov, Valery Suleimanov, Gerardo Juan Manuel Luna +5

Accreting white dwarfs (WDs) constitute a significant fraction of the hard X-ray sources detected by the INTEGRAL observatory. Most of them are magnetic Cataclysmic Variables (CVs)…

astro-ph.SR2020★ 3 cited

Optical spectroscopy and X-ray observations of the D-type symbiotic star EF Aql

K. A. Stoyanov, K. Iłkiewicz, G. J. M. Luna +6

We performed high-resolution optical spectroscopy and X-ray observations of the recently identified Mira-type symbiotic star EF Aql. Based on high-resolution optical spectroscopy o…

astro-ph.HE2020★ 27 cited

Chandra High Energy Transmission Gratings Spectra of V3890 Sgr

Marina Orio, Jeremy J. Drake, Jan-Uwe Ness +13

The recurrent nova (RN) V3890 Sgr was observed during the 7th day after the onset of its most recent outburst, with the Chandra ACIS-S camera and High Energy Transmission Gratings…