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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…
Cluster Origin of Triple Star HD 188753 and its Planet
Eric Pfahl
The recent discovery by M. Konacki of a ``hot Jupiter'' in the hierarchical triple star system HD 188753 challenges established theories of giant-planet formation. If the orbital g…
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…
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…
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…
Binary Disruption by Massive Black Holes in Globular Clusters
Eric Pfahl
A massive (~10^2-10^4 Msun) black hole at the center of a globular cluster will tidally disrupt binaries that pass sufficiently close. Such an encounter results in the capture of o…