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astro-ph.HE2024

X-ray and gamma-ray timing of GRB 180720B, GRB 181222B, GRB 211211A and GRB 220910A observed with Fermi and ASIM

M. D. Caballero-Garcia, E. Gogus, J. Navarro-Gonzalez +20

We present a timing study of the gamma and X-ray observations and analysis of a sample of bright gamma-ray bursts (GRBs; i.e. GRB 180720B, GRB 181222B, GRB 211211A and GRB 220910A)…

astro-ph.HE2024

The Nature of the Emission Spectrum of NGC 7793 P13: modeling the atmosphere of the donor star

A. S. Vinokurov, A. E. Kostenkov, K. E. Atapin +1

We continue to study the ultra-luminous X-ray source NGC 7793 P13 in the optical range. In this work, we are testing the model of a spherically symmetric wind atmosphere of the don…

astro-ph.HE2024★ 3 cited

I-band photometry of the quiescent black hole X-ray nova GROJ0422+32=V518 Per: modelling of the orbital light curve and estimation of the black hole mass

A. Cherepashchuk, T. Khruzina, K. Atapin

We present new photometric observations of the X-ray nova GROJ0422+32 (V518 Per) carried out in the I band over 14 nights in 2020 -- 2023. We had to revise the orbital period o…

astro-ph.HE2022★ 3 cited

Simultaneous X-ray/UV observations of ultraluminous X-ray source Holmberg II X-1 with Indian space mission AstroSat

A. Vinokurov, K. Atapin, O. P. Bordoloi +11

We present the results of 8 epochs of simultaneous UV and X-ray observations of the highly variable ultraluminous X-ray source (ULX) Holmberg II X-1 with AstroSat -- Indian multiwa…

astro-ph.HE2021★ 4 cited

Optical Counterparts of ULXs in Two Dwarf Galaxies: NGC 4861 and NGC 4449

M. Ozdogan Ela, A. Akyuz, N. Aksaker +7

We present the results of a search for optical candidates of Ultraluminous X-ray sources (ULXs) in two dwarf galaxies: NGC 4861 and NGC 4449 using Hubble Space Telescope {\it HST}…

astro-ph.HE2020★ 2 cited

NGC 5474 X-1: a neutron star ULX in an old stellar cluster?

Kirill Atapin, Alexander Vinokurov, Arkadiy Sarkisyan +4

We present the optical and X-ray study of the ultraluminous X-ray source (ULX) NGC 5474 X-1. The X-ray spectrum taken during the bright state of the source ($L_X \sim 2\times10^{40…

astro-ph.HE2020★ 4 cited

Observations of ultraluminous X-ray sources with the 6-m telescope of the SAO RAS

A. Vinokurov, K. Atapin, Y. Solovyeva +2

The nature of ultraluminous X-ray sources (ULXs) is not yet fully understood but it can be done in the most efficient way by analyzing its optical emission and environment. We pres…

astro-ph.HE2019★ 10 cited

Optical Counterpart to the Ultraluminous X-Ray Source in the UGC6456 Galaxy

Alexander Vinokurov, Kirill Atapin, Yulia Solovyeva

We report the identification of the optical counterpart to the transient ultraluminuos X-ray source in the blue dwarf galaxy UGC6456 (VII Zw 403). The source is highly variable in…

astro-ph.HE2019★ 24 cited

Ultraluminous X-ray sources with flat-topped noise and QPO

K. Atapin, S. Fabrika, M. D. Caballero-Garcia

We analyzed the X-ray power density spectra of five ultraluminous X-ray sources (ULXs) NGC5408 X-1, NGC6946 X-1, M82 X-1, NGC1313 X-1 and IC342 X-1 that are the only ULXs which dis…

astro-ph.HE2018

Ultraluminous X-ray sources

Kirill Atapin

Ultraluminous X-ray sources (ULXs) represent a class of binary systems that are more luminous than any black hole in our Galaxy. The nature of these objects remained unclear for a…

astro-ph.HE2016★ 10 cited

X-ray Variability of SS 433: Evidence for Supercritical Accretion

Kirill Atapin, Sergei Fabrika

We study the X-ray variability of SS433 based on data from the ASCA observatory and the MAXI and RXTE/ASM monitoring missions. Based on the ASCA data, we have constructed the power…

astro-ph.HE2016★ 2 cited

Optical counterparts of two ultraluminous X-ray sources NGC4559 X-10 and NGC4395 ULX-1

A. Vinokurov, S. Fabrika, K. Atapin

We study the optical counterparts of ultraluminous X-ray sources NGC4559 X-10 and NGC4395 ULX-1. Their absolute magnitudes, after taking the reddening into account, are $M_V \appro…

astro-ph.HE2016

Ultraluminous X-ray sources as super-Eddington accretion disks

Sergei Fabrika, Alexander Vinokurov, Kirill Atapin

The origin of Ultraluminous X-ray sources (ULXs) in external galaxies whose X-ray luminosities exceed those of the brightest black holes in our Galaxy by hundreds and thousands of…

astro-ph.HE2015★ 16 cited

Optical counterparts of two ULXs in NGC5474 and NGC3627 (M66)

S. Avdan, A. Vinokurov, S. Fabrika +6

We identified two optical counterparts of brightest ultraluminous X-ray Sources (ULXs) in galaxies NGC5474 and NGC3627 (M66). The counterparts in Hubble Space Telescope images are…

astro-ph.HE2014★ 11 cited

X-ray variability of SS433: effects of the supercritical accretion disc

Kirill Atapin, Sergei Fabrika, Aleksei Medvedev +1

We study a stochastic variability of SS433 in the Hz frequency range based on RXTE data, and on simultaneous observations with RXTE and optical telescop…

astro-ph.HE2013★ 28 cited

Ultra-luminous X-ray Sources as Supercritical Accretion Disks: Spectral Energy Distributions

A. Vinokurov, S. Fabrika, K. Atapin

We describe a model of spectral energy distribution in supercritical accretion disks (SCAD) based on the conception by Shakura and Sunyaev. We apply this model to five ultra-lumino…