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most citedMASTER optical detection of the first LIGO/Virgo neutron stars merging GW170817

261 citations · 3.5k across the 95 of their papers we have counts for

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98 papers

astro-ph.HE2022

Triggering micronovae through magnetically confined accretion flows in accreting white dwarfs

S. Scaringi, P. J. Groot, C. Knigge +5

Rapid bursts at optical wavelengths have been reported for several accreting white dwarfs, where the optical luminosity can increase by up to a factor 30 in less than an hour fadin…

astro-ph.HE2022★ 29 cited

Astrometric excess noise in Gaia EDR3 and the search for X-ray binaries

P. Gandhi, D. A. H. Buckley, P. A. Charles +6

Astrometric noise (AEN) in excess of parallax and proper motion is a potential signature of orbital wobble of individual components in binary star systems. The combination of X-ray…

astro-ph.HE2021★ 31 cited

The early afterglow of GRB 190829A

S. Dichiara, E. Troja, V. Lipunov +19

GRB 190829A at z=0.0785 is the fourth closest long GRB ever detected by the Neil Gehrels Swift observatory, and the third confirmed case with a very high energy component. We prese…

astro-ph.HE2021

Large optical modulations during 2018 outburst of MAXI J1820+070 reveal evolution of warped accretion disc through X-ray state change

Jessymol K. Thomas, Philip A. Charles, David A. H. Buckley +5

The black-hole X-ray transient MAXI J1820+07 (=ASSASN-18ey) discovered in March 2018 was one of the optically brightest ever seen, which has resulted in very detailed optical outbu…

astro-ph.SR2021★ 15 cited

Progenitor mass constraints for the type Ib intermediate-luminosity SN 2015ap and the highly extinguished SN 2016bau

Amar Aryan, S. B. Pandey, WeiKang Zheng +21

Photometric and spectroscopic analyses of the intermediate-luminosity Type Ib supernova (SN) 2015ap and of the heavily reddened Type Ib SN~2016bau are discussed. Photometric proper…

astro-ph.HE2021★ 5 cited

The Be/neutron star system Swift J004929.5-733107 in the Small Magellanic Cloud -- X-ray characteristics and optical counterpart candidates

M. J. Coe, J. A. Kennea, P. A. Evans +4

Swift J004929.5-733107 is an X-ray source in the Small Magellanic Cloud (SMC) that has been reported several times, but the optical counterpart has been unclear due to source confu…