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Twins like to be seen: Observational biases affecting spectroscopically selected binary stars
Andrew G. Cantrell, Tyler J. Dougan
Massive binary stars undergo qualitatively different evolution when the two components are similar in mass ('twins'), and the abundance of twin binaries is therefore important to u…
The Black Hole Binary V4641 Sagitarii: Activity in Quiescence & Improved Mass Determinations
Rachel K. D. MacDonald, Charles D. Bailyn, Michelle Buxton +6
We examine ~10 years of photometric data and find that the black hole X-ray binary V4641 Sgr has two optical states, passive and active, during X-ray quiescence. The passive state…
Jet spectral breaks in black hole X-ray binaries
D. M. Russell, S. Markoff, P. Casella +10
In X-ray binaries, compact jets are known to commonly radiate at radio to infrared frequencies, whereas at optical to gamma-ray energies, the contribution of the jet is debated. Th…
Multiwavelength Observations of A0620-00 in Quiescence
C. S. Froning, A. G. Cantrell, T. J. Maccarone +17
[Abridged.] We present multiwavelength observations of the black hole binary system, A0620-00. Using the Cosmic Origins Spectrograph on the Hubble Space Telescope, we have obtained…
The Mass Distribution of Stellar-Mass Black Holes
Will M. Farr, Niharika Sravan, Andrew Cantrell +4
We perform a Bayesian analysis of the mass distribution of stellar-mass black holes using the observed masses of 15 low-mass X-ray binary systems undergoing Roche lobe overflow and…
Jets at lowest mass accretion rates
Dipankar Maitra, Andrew Cantrell, Sera Markoff +3
We present results of recent observations and theoretical modeling of data from black holes accreting at very low luminosities (L/L_Edd ~ 10^{-8}). We discuss our newly developed t…
The Spin of the Black Hole in the Soft X-ray Transient A0620--00
Lijun Gou, Jeffrey E. McClintock, James F. Steiner +4
During its yearlong outburst in 1975--76, the transient source A0620--00 reached an intensity of 50 Crab, an all-time record for any X-ray binary. The source has been quiescent sin…
The Inclination of the Soft X-ray Transient A0620--00 and the Mass of its Black Hole
Andrew G. Cantrell, Charles D. Bailyn, Jerome A. Orosz +6
We analyze photometry of the Soft X-ray Transient A0620-00 spanning nearly 30 years, including previously published and previously unpublished data. Previous attempts to determine…
Robust Models for Phase Shifts in Accreting Binary Stars
Andrew G. Cantrell, Charles D. Bailyn
Radial velocity studies of accreting binary stars commonly use accretion disk emission lines to determine the radial velocity of the primary star and therefore the mass ratio. Thes…