579 citations · 687 across the 2 of their papers we have counts for
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astro-ph.HE2017★ 579 cited
Swift and NuSTAR observations of GW170817: detection of a blue kilonova
P. A. Evans, S. B. Cenko, J. A. Kennea +56
With the first direct detection of merging black holes in 2015, the era of gravitational wave (GW) astrophysics began. A complete picture of compact object mergers, however, requir…
astro-ph.HE2017★ 108 cited
The mass function of GX 339-4 from spectroscopic observations of its donor star
M. Heida, P. G. Jonker, M. A. P. Torres +1
We obtained 16 VLT/X-shooter observations of GX 339-4 in quiescence in the period May - September 2016 and detected absorption lines from the donor star in its NIR spectrum. This a…
astro-ph.HE2016
Keck/MOSFIRE spectroscopy of five ULX counterparts
M. Heida, P. G. Jonker, M. A. P. Torres +5
We present H-band spectra of the candidate counterparts of five ULXs (two in NGC 925, two in NGC 4136, and Holmberg II X-1) obtained with Keck/MOSFIRE. The candidate counterparts o…