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astro-ph2003

Variability in black hole accretion discs

A. R. King, J. E. Pringle, R. G. West +1

Observations of accreting systems often show significant variability (10-20 percent of accretion luminosity) on timescales much longer than expected for the disc regions releasing…

astro-ph2003

Black Holes, Galaxy Formation, and the M_BH-sigma Relation

Andrew King

Recent X-ray observations of intense high-speed outflows in quasars suggest that supercritical accretion on to the central black hole may have an important effect on a host galaxy.…

astro-ph2003

Ultraluminous X-ray Sources and Star Formation

Andrew R. King

Chandra observations of the Cartwheel galaxy reveal a population of ultraluminous X-ray sources (ULXs) with lifetimes < 10^7 yr associated with a spreading wave of star formation w…

astro-ph2003

Black Widow Pulsars: the Price of Promiscuity

A. R. King, M. B. Davies, M. E. Beer

The incidence of evaporating 'black widow' pulsars (BWPs) among all millisecond pulsars (MSPs) is far higher in globular clusters than in the field. This implies a special formatio…

astro-ph2003

A Synoptic X-ray Study of M31 with the Chandra-HRC

Benjamin F. Williams, Michael R. Garcia, Albert K. H. Kong +4

We have obtained 17 epochs of Chandra High Resolution Camera (HRC) snapshot images, each covering most of the M31 disk. The data cover a total baseline of 2.5 years and contain a m…

astro-ph2003

A Variable Ultraluminous Supersoft X-ray Source in "The Antennae": Stellar-Mass Black Hole or White Dwarf?

G. Fabbiano, A. R. King, A. Zezas +3

The chandra monitoring observations of The Antennae (NGC 4038/39) have led to the discovery of a variable, luminous, supersoft source (SSS). This source is only detected at energie…