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20192026
most citedA persistent ultraviolet outflow from an accreting neutron star binary transient

48 citations · 78 across the 24 of their papers we have counts for

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26 papers

astro-ph.SR2026

Confirming candidate self-lensing binary detections with radial velocity measurements

Adam McMaster, Madeline-Mai Ward, Hugh J. Dickinson +6

Compact objects in approximately edge-on binary orbits with stars are able to produce a self-lensing effect, amplifying light from their companion once per orbit. To date, five whi…

astro-ph.HE2026

Mining the time axis with TRON - III. Discovery of a nulling pulsar towards the SMC with MeerKAT

T. Blecher, M. Geyer, O. M. Smirnov +21

We report on the discovery of a nulling pulsar, PSR J00527551, in archival MeerKAT L-band observations of the Small Magellanic Cloud (SMC). The discovery was made using the imag…

astro-ph.SR2026

V407 Vul: a triple star system with an AM CVn detectable by gravitational wave observatories

James Munday, Antonio C. Rodriguez, Nicole Reindl +23

The AM CVn class includes mass transferring, ultra-compact double white dwarf binaries with orbital periods on the timescale of minutes. A long-standing puzzle is that none of the…

astro-ph.SR2026

The Long-Period Radio Transient and Cataclysmic Variable ASKAP J1745-5051: Evidence for a 15,000 K White Dwarf and a Sub-Stellar Donor

Christian Knigge, Simone Scaringi, Noel Castro Segura +2

Long-period transients (LPTs) are radio sources that exhibit polarized periodic radio bursts on time-scales of minutes to hours. At least some LPTs are associated with white dwarfs…

astro-ph.SR2026

ZTF J021804.16+071152.93: a dead cataclysmic variable and potential solution to the missing period bouncers

S. G. Parsons, A. J. Brown, S. L. Casewell +22

It is predicted that half or more of all cataclysmic variables (CVs) should have evolved past the period minimum and now exist as so-called "period bouncers" where a white dwarf sh…

astro-ph.SR2026

No Period Change in Two Long-Period AM CVn Binaries

Matthew J. Green, Thomas R. Marsh, Jan van Roestel +25

Ultracompact binary systems, consisting of two compact objects in an orbit , should exhibit measurable rates of orbital period change () due t…

astro-ph.SR2026

Photometric masses for long period CVs: the case study of CSS131106

M. Das, S. P. Littlefair, S. G. Parsons +15

We present high-speed photometry of the eclipsing cataclysmic variable CSS131106 J052412+004148. We determine the system parameters by modelling the eclipse lightcurve using the ph…

astro-ph.HE2026★ 1 cited

Optical outburst evolution of the transient black hole X-ray binary Swift J1727.8-1613: Disc response to jet ejections and late-outburst emergence of powerful disc winds

N. Castro Segura, K. Solomons, J. M. Corral-Santana +22

Swift J1727.81613 is a newly discovered transient low-mass X-ray binary harbouring a stellar-mass () black hole. We present state-resolved VLT/X-Shooter optical…

astro-ph.SR2026

A Catalogue of Orbital Periods of Cataclysmic Variables and Candidates from TESS Observations

Meryem K. Dağ, Simone Scaringi, Kieran O'Brien +21

We present a systematic analysis of 2544 cataclysmic variable systems and related candidates observed by the Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS), with the aim of compiling…

astro-ph.SR2026

Long-term eclipse time variations in white dwarf binaries

Amalie Yates, S. G. Parsons, A. J. Brown +15

The overwhelming majority of eclipsing white dwarf (WD) binary systems show quasi-periodic variations in eclipse timings on many year timescales. Currently, the mechanism behind th…

astro-ph.HE2026

Disc Winds From Accreting Systems in the 2040s

Noel Castro Segura, Virginia Cúneo, Francesco Tombesi +9

What does the temporal evolution of disc winds tell us about accreting systems and the accretion process? Studies of accretion-disc outflows across all mass scales, including accre…

astro-ph.IM2025

The final stages of binary evolution using multi-messenger studies

Thomas Kupfer, Simone Scaringi, Paul Groot +11

Ultracompact Galactic binaries with orbital periods below an hour are among the strongest persistent gravitational-wave (GW) sources in the mHz band and will constitute the dominan…

astro-ph.IM2025

Accretion and Ejection Physics at High Time Resolution

F. M. Vincentelli, P. Casella, A. Veledina +18

Accretion onto compact objects is one of the most fundamental phenomena in the astrophysics, powering some of the most luminous objects in the sky. Along with this, accretion has a…

astro-ph.IM2025

How Mass Flows Through Accretion Discs: A Spectral-Timing Vision for the 2040s

Simone Scaringi, Domitilla de Martino, Anna F. Pala +17

Understanding how mass and angular momentum flow through accretion discs remains a fundamental unsolved problem in astrophysics. Accreting white dwarfs offer an ideal laboratory fo…

astro-ph.SR2025

Constraints on an optical counterpart for the long-period radio transient GPM J1839-10

Ingrid Pelisoli, A. J. Brown, N. Castro Segura +14

Long period radio transients (LPTs) are periodic radio sources showing pulsed emission on timescales from minutes to hours. The underlying sources behind this emission are currentl…

astro-ph.SR2025★ 1 cited

A Sibling of AR Scorpii: SDSS J230641.47244055.8 and the Observational Blueprint of White Dwarf Pulsars

N. Castro Segura, I. Pelisoli, B. T. Gänsicke +21

Radio pulsating white dwarf (WD) systems, known as WD pulsars, are non-accreting binary systems where the rapidly spinning WD interacts with a low-mass companion producing pulsed n…

astro-ph.HE2025

The peculiar hard state behaviour of the black hole X-ray binary Swift J1727.81613

A. K. Hughes, F. Carotenuto, T. D. Russell +37

Tracking the correlation between radio and X-ray luminosities during black hole X-ray binary outbursts is a key diagnostic of the coupling between accretion inflows (traced by X-ra…

astro-ph.SR2025

A targeted search for binary white dwarf pulsars using Gaia and WISE

Ingrid Pelisoli, T. R. Marsh, G. Tovmassian +24

After its discovery in 2016, the white dwarf binary AR Scorpii (AR Sco) remained for several years the only white dwarf system to show pulsed radio emission associated with a fast-…

astro-ph.HE2025★ 10 cited

DW Cnc: a micronova with a negative superhump and a flickering spin

M. Veresvarska, S. Scaringi, C. Littlefield +15

Magnetic accreting white dwarfs in cataclysmic variables have been known to show bursts driven by different physical mechanisms; however, the burst occurrence is much rarer than in…

astro-ph.HE2025

Sub-second optical/near-infrared quasi-periodic oscillations from the black hole X-ray transient Swift J1727.8-1613

F. M. Vincentelli, T. Shahbaz, P. Casella +14

We report on the detection of optical/near-infrared (O-IR) quasi-periodic oscillations (QPOs) from the black hole X-ray transient Swift J1727.8-1613. We obtained three X-ray and O-…

astro-ph.SR2025

Two almost planetary mass survivors of common envelope evolution

S. G. Parsons, A. J. Brown, S. L. Casewell +19

White dwarfs are often found in close binaries with stellar or even substellar companions. It is generally thought that these compact binaries form via common envelope evolution, t…

astro-ph.HE2024★ 11 cited

Discovery of Persistent Quasi-Periodic Oscillations in Accreting White Dwarfs: A New Link to X-ray Binaries

M. Veresvarska, S. Scaringi, C. Knigge +8

Almost all accreting black hole and neutron star X-ray binary systems (XRBs) exhibit prominent brightness variations on a few characteristic time-scales and their harmonics. These…

astro-ph.HE2024

Rapid Mid-Infrared Spectral-Timing with JWST. I. The prototypical black hole X-ray Binary GRS 1915+105 during a MIR-bright and X-ray-obscured state

P. Gandhi, E. S. Borowski, J. Byrom +44

We present mid-infrared (MIR) spectral-timing measurements of the prototypical Galactic microquasar GRS 1915+105. The source was observed with the Mid-Infrared Instrument (MIRI) on…

astro-ph.SR2024

Evolution of Spin in the Intermediate Polar CC Sculptoris

John A. Paice, S. Scaringi, N. Castro Segura +6

We report on spin variations in the intermediate polar and cataclysmic variable CC Scl, as seen by the Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS). By studying both the spin perio…