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most citedA dichotomy between the hard state spectral properties of black hole and neutron star X-ray~binaries

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astro-ph.HE2017★ 12 cited

The impact of neutron star spin on X-ray spectra

M. J. Burke, M. Gilfanov, R. Sunyaev

We investigate whether the intrinsic spin of neutron stars leaves an observable imprint on the spectral properties of X-ray binaries. To evaluate this we consider a sample of nine…

astro-ph.HE2016★ 49 cited

A dichotomy between the hard state spectral properties of black hole and neutron star X-ray~binaries

M. J. Burke, M. Gilfanov, R. Sunyaev

We analyse the spectra of black hole (BH) and neutron star (NS) X-ray binaries (XBs) in the hard state using archival RXTE observations. We find that there is a clear dichotomy in…

astro-ph.HE2014★ 18 cited

The hard X-ray continuum of Cen A observed with INTEGRAL SPI

Mark J. Burke, Elisabeth Jourdain, Jean-Pierre Roques +1

We revisit the average hard X-ray spectrum from the AGN of Centaurus A (Cen A) using ten years worth of observations with INTEGRAL SPI. This source has the highest flux observed fr…

astro-ph.HE2013★ 11 cited

The fading of two transient ULXs to below the stellar mass Eddington limit

Mark J. Burke, Ralph P. Kraft, Roberto Soria +10

We report new detections of the two transient ultraluminous X-ray sources (ULXs) in NGC 5128 from an ongoing series of Chandra observations. Both sources have previously been obser…

astro-ph.HE2013★ 7 cited

Spectral Properties of X-ray Binaries in Centaurus A

Mark J. Burke, Somak Raychaudhury, Ralph P. Kraft +19

We present a spectral investigation of X-ray binaries in NGC 5128 (Cen A), using six 100 ks Chandra observations taken over two months in 2007. We divide our sample into thermally…

astro-ph.HE2012★ 7 cited

A Transient Sub-Eddington Black Hole X-ray Binary Candidate in the Dust Lanes of Centaurus A

Mark J. Burke, Somak Raychaudhury, Ralph P. Kraft +18

We report the discovery of a bright X-ray transient, CXOU J132527.6-430023, in the nearby early-type galaxy NGC 5128. The source was first detected over the course of five Chandra…