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The type IIb SN 2008ax: spectral and light curve evolution

(2008)

Authors:

A Pastorello, MM Kasliwal, RM Crockett, S Valenti, R Arbour, K Itagaki, S Kaspi, A Gal-Yam, SJ Smartt, R Griffith, K Maguire, EO Ofek, N Seymour, D Stern, W Wiethoff

Searching for the signatures of jet-ISM interactions in X-ray binaries

(2008)

Authors:

J Miller-Jones, C Kaiser, T Maccarone, R Fender, A Kapi艅ska, K Gunn, D Russell, C Brocksopp, J Sokoloski, B Stappers, T Muxlow

Abstract:

Jets from X-ray binaries are continuously injecting matter and energy into the surrounding interstellar medium (ISM). However, there exist to date relatively few cases where jet-ISM interactions have been directly observed. We review the current examples, and go on to present new data on the proposed hotspots of GRS1915+105, finding no concrete evidence for any association between the hotspots and the central source, in agreement with previous findings in the literature. We also present preliminary results on radio and H-alpha searches for jet-ISM interactions around known X-ray binaries, and discuss strategies for future searches.

Cosmological physics with black holes (and possibly white dwarfs)

New Astronomy Reviews Elsevier 51:10-12 (2008) 884-890

Authors:

Kristen Menou, Zoltan Haiman, Bence Kocsis

Polarimetric Signatures of Infrared Jets in X-ray Binaries

A Population Explosion: The Nature & Evolution of X-ray Binaries in Diverse Environments 1010 (2008) 100-102-100-102

Authors:

T Shahbaz, RP Fender, CA Watson, K O Brien

The needle in the haystack: where to look for more isolated cooling neutron stars

Astronomy & Astrophysics EDP Sciences 482:2 (2008) 617-629

Authors:

B Posselt, SB Popov, F Haberl, J Tr眉mper, R Turolla, R Neuh盲user