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On the Binary Nature of SS 433

Chapter in Close Binaries in the 21st Century: New Opportunities and Challenges, Springer Nature (2006) 269-272

Authors:

Linda Schmidtobreick, Katherine Blundell

On the binary nature of SS 433

ASTROPHYSICS AND SPACE SCIENCE 304:1-4 (2006) 271-274

Authors:

Linda Schmidtobreick, Katherine Blundell

An infrared imaging survey of the faint Chandra sources near the Galactic Centre

Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society 364:4 (2005) 1195-1202

Authors:

RM Bandyopadhyay, JCA Miller-Jones, KM Blundell, FE Bauer, P Podsiadlowski, AJ Gosling, QD Wang, E Pfahl, S Rappaport

Abstract:

We present near-infrared imaging of a sample of the faint, hard X-ray sources discovered in the 2001 Chandra Advanced CCD Imaging Spectrometer (ACIS)-I survey towards the Galactic Centre (GC) by Wang et al. These ∼800 discrete sources represent an important and previously undetected population within the Galaxy. From our Very Large Telescope observations of 77 X-ray sources, we identify candidate K-band counterparts to 75 per cent of the Chandra sources in our sample. The near-infrared magnitudes and colours of the majority of candidate counterparts are consistent with highly reddened stars, indicating that most of the Chandra sources are likely to be accreting binaries at or near the GC. © 2005 RAS.

Blue Luminous Stars in Nearby Galaxies: Quantitative Spectral Analysis of M33 B-Type Supergiant Stars**The WHT is operated on the island of La Palma by the ING in the Spanish Observatorio del Roque de los Muchachos of the Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias. ****Some of the data presented herein were obtained at the W. M. Keck Observatory, which is operated as a scientific partnership among the California Institute of Technology, the University of California, and the National Aeronautics and Space Administration. The Observatory was made possible by the generous financial support of the W. M. Keck Foundation.

The Astrophysical Journal American Astronomical Society 635:1 (2005) 311-335

Authors:

MA Urbaneja, A Herrero, R-P Kudritzki, F Najarro, SJ Smartt, J Puls, DJ Lennon, LJ Corral

Astrophysics and space science: From X-ray binaries to quasars: Black holes on all mass scales

, 2005

Authors:

TJ MacCarone, RP Fender, LC Ho

Abstract:

This volume brings together contributions from many of the world's leading authorities on black hole accretion. The papers within represent part of a new movement to make use of the relative advantages of studying stellar mass and supermassive black holes, and to bring together the knowledge gained from the two approaches. The topics discussed include observational and theoretical work-variability, spectroscopy, disk-jet connections, and multi-wavelength campaigns on black holes. © Springer 2005. All Rights Reserved.