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most citedThe fastest unbound star in our Galaxy ejected by a thermonuclear supernova

132 citations · 249 across the 6 of their papers we have counts for

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6 papers

astro-ph.SR201730 cited

The OmegaWhite survey for short-period variable stars - V. Discovery of an ultracompact hot subdwarf binary with a compact companion in a 44 minute orbit

T. Kupfer, G. Ramsay, J. van Roestel +20

We report the discovery of the ultracompact hot subdwarf (sdOB) binary OW J074106.0-294811.0 with an orbital period of P min, making it the…

astro-ph.SR201713 cited

Quantitative spectroscopy of extreme helium stars - Model atmospheres and a non-LTE abundance analysis of BD+102179?

Thomas Kupfer, Norbert Przybilla, Ulrich Heber +3

Extreme helium stars (EHe stars) are hydrogen-deficient supergiants of spectral type A and B. They are believed to result from mergers in double degenerate systems. In this paper w…

astro-ph.SR2015132 cited

The fastest unbound star in our Galaxy ejected by a thermonuclear supernova

S. Geier, F. Fürst, E. Ziegerer +17

Hypervelocity stars (HVS) travel with velocities so high, that they exceed the escape velocity of the Galaxy. Several acceleration mechanisms have been discussed. Only one HVS (US…

astro-ph.SR201565 cited

The catalogue of radial velocity variable hot subluminous stars from the MUCHFUSS project

S. Geier, T. Kupfer, U. Heber +13

The project Massive Unseen Companions to Hot Faint Underluminous Stars from SDSS (MUCHFUSS) aims to find sdBs with compact companions like massive white dwarfs, neutron stars or bl…

astro-ph.SR2012

Discovery of the closest hot subdwarf binary with white dwarf companion

S. Geier, T. R. Marsh, B. H. Dunlap +13

We report the discovery of an extremely close, eclipsing binary system. A white dwarf is orbited by a core He-burning compact hot subdwarf star with a period as short as $\simeq0.0…

astro-ph.SR20099 cited

Hot subdwarf binaries - Masses and nature of their heavy compact companions

Stephan Geier, Uli Heber, Heinz Edelmann +3

Neutron stars and stellar-mass black holes are the remnants of massive stars, which ended their lives in supernova explosions. These exotic objects can only be studied in relativel…