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Sub-Millisecond Pulsars: Missing or Impossible?
T. M. Tauris, V. Venkatraman Krishnan, R. Senzel +7
The minimum spin period attainable by a neutron star has been debated since the discovery of the first millisecond pulsar in 1982. A neutron star rotating faster than 1 ms would ha…
Einstein Probe discovery of EP J005245.1-722843: a rare BeWD binary in the Small Magellanic Cloud?
A. Marino, H. Yang, F. Coti Zelati +32
On May 27 2024, the Wide-field X-ray Telescope onboard the Einstein Probe (EP) mission detected enhanced X-ray emission from a new transient source in the Small Magellanic Cloud (S…
Physics of Binary Star Evolution -- from Stars to X-ray Binaries and Gravitational Wave Sources
Thomas M. Tauris, Ed P. J. van den Heuvel
The majority of all stars are members of a binary system. The evolution of such binary stars and their subsequent production of pairs of compact objects in tight orbits, such as do…
A Possible Discovery of the Optical Counterpart of the X-ray source NuSTAR J053449+2126.0
E. N. Ercan, E. Aktekin Çalışkan, M. H. Erkut +2
We report the observation of a possible optical counterpart to the recently discovered X-ray source NuSTAR J053449+2126.0 (J0534 in short). We observed the source location using th…
Common Envelope Evolution: Where we stand and how we can move forward
N. Ivanova, S. Justham, X. Chen +16
This work aims to present our current best physical understanding of common-envelope evolution (CEE). We highlight areas of consensus and disagreement, and stress ideas which shoul…
The extremely long period X-ray source in a young supernova remnant: a Thorne-Zytkow Object descendant?
X. W. Liu, R. X. Xu, E. P. J. van den Heuvel +4
The origin of the 6.67 hr period X-ray source, 1E161348-5055, in the young supernova remnant RCW 103 is puzzling. We propose that it may be the descendant of a Thorne-Zytkow Object…
MAXI J1659-152: The shortest orbital period black-hole transient in outburst
E. Kuulkers, C. Kouveliotou, T. Belloni +12
MAXI J1659-152 is a bright X-ray transient black-hole candidate binary system discovered in September 2010. We report here on MAXI, RXTE, Swift, and XMM-Newton observations during…
The Peculiar Evolutionary History of IGR J17480-2446 in Terzan 5
A. Patruno, M. A. Alpar, M. van der Klis +1
The low mass X-ray binary (LMXB) IGR J17480-2446 in the globular cluster Terzan 5 harbors an 11 Hz accreting pulsar. This is the first object discovered in a globular cluster with…
GRB 021004: Tomography of a gamma-ray burst progenitor and its host galaxy
A. J. Castro-Tirado, P. Möller, G. García-Segura +23
We analyse the distribution of matter around the progenitor star of gamma-ray burst GRB 021004 as well as the properties of its host galaxy with high-resolution echelle as well as…