5 papers
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…
COBALT-BLUE: a fast and accurate model for gravitational self-lensing binary systems
Danny J. Dixon, Adam Ingram, Matthew J. Middleton +5
We present COBALT-BLUE, a fast public model for the optical light curve of a luminous star in a non-accreting binary with a compact object. The model includes gravitational self-le…
Population synthesis predictions of the Galactic compact binary gravitational wave foreground detectable by LISA
Jake McMillan, Adam Ingram, Cordelia Dashwood Brown +4
We use population synthesis modelling to predict the gravitational wave (GW) signal that the Laser Interferometer Space Antenna (LISA) will detect from the Galactic population of c…
Self-lensing binaries in globular clusters -- predictions for ELT
Grzegorz Wiktorowicz, Matthew Middleton, Mirek Giersz +4
Self-lensing (SL) represents a powerful technique for detecting compact objects in binary systems through gravitational microlensing effects, when a compact companion transits in f…
Self-lensing binaries as probes of Supernova physics
Grzegorz Wiktorowicz, Matthew Middleton, Aleksandra Olejak +3
Self-lensing (SL) in binary systems has the potential to provide a unique observational window into the Galactic population of compact objects. Using the and C…