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Magnetic Braking of Ap/Bp Stars: Application to Compact Black-Hole X-Ray Binaries
S. Justham, S. Rappaport, Ph. Podsiadlowski
We examine the proposal that the subset of neutron-star and black-hole X-ray binaries that form with Ap or Bp star companions will experience systemic angular-momentum losses due t…
Models of Ultraluminous X-Ray Sources with Intermediate-Mass Black Holes
N. Madhusudhan, S. Justham, L. Nelson +4
We have computed models for ultraluminous X-ray sources ("ULXs") consisting of a black-hole accretor of intermediate mass ("IMBH"; e.g., ~1000 Msun) and a captured donor star. For…
An Infrared Imaging Survey of the Faint Chandra Sources near the Galactic Centre
R. M. Bandyopadhyay, J. C. A. Miller-Jones, K. M. Blundell +6
We present near-IR imaging of a sample of the faint, hard X-ray sources discovered in the 2001 Chandra ACIS-I survey towards the Galactic Centre (GC) (Wang et al. 2002). These ~800…
The spin period - eccentricity relation of double neutron stars: evidence for weak supernova kicks?
J D M Dewi, Ph Podsiadlowski, O R Pols
Double neutron stars (DNSs), binary systems consisting of a radio pulsar and a generally undetected second neutron star (NS), have proven to be excellent laboratories for testing t…
The Double Pulsar J0737--3039: Testing the Neutron Star Equation of State
Ph. Podsiadlowski, J. D. M. Dewi, P. Lesaffre +3
The double pulsar J0737--3039 has become an important astrophysical laboratory for testing fundamental physics. Here we demonstrate that the low measured mass of Pulsar B can be us…
Relativistic Binary Pulsars with Black-Hole Companions
Eric Pfahl, Philipp Podsiadlowski, Saul Rappaport
Binaries containing a stellar-mass black hole and a recycled radio pulsar have so far eluded detection. We present a focused investigation of the formation and evolution of these s…
High-Velocity Features: a ubiquitous property of Type Ia SNe
P. A. Mazzali, S. Benetti, G. Altavilla +26
Evidence of high-velocity features such as those seen in the near-maximum spectra of some Type Ia Supernovae (eg SN 2000cx) has been searched for in the available SNIa spectra obse…
Anisotropic mass ejection in binary mergers
T. Morris, Ph. Podsiadlowski
We investigate the mass loss from a rotationally distorted envelope following the early, rapid in-spiral of a companion star inside a common envelope. For initially wide, massive b…
Exploring the Nature of Weak Chandra Sources near the Galactic Centre
R. M. Bandyopadhyay, J. C. A. Miller-Jones, K. M. Blundell +5
We present results from the first near-IR imaging of the weak X-ray sources discovered in the Chandra/ACIS-I survey (Wang et al. 2002) towards the Galactic Centre (GC). These ~800…