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astro-ph.HE2024
Extracting Astrophysical Information of Highly-Eccentric Binaries in the Millihertz Gravitational Wave Band
Zeyuan Xuan, Smadar Naoz, Alvin K. Y. Li +6
Wide, highly eccentric () compact binaries can naturally arise as progenitors of gravitational wave (GW) mergers. These systems are expected to have a significant population…
astro-ph.SR2024
Discovery of a Hypervelocity L Subdwarf at the Star/Brown Dwarf Mass Limit
Adam J. Burgasser, Roman Gerasimov, Kyle Kremer +18
We report the discovery of a high velocity, very low-mass star or brown dwarf whose kinematics suggest it is unbound to the Milky Way. CWISE J124909.08+362116.0 was identified by c…