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Compact astrophysical objects
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Selection bias obfuscates the discovery of fast radio burst sources
Lorimer, D. R., Bailes, M., McLaughlin, M. A., Narkevic, D. J. & Crawford, F. A bright millisecond radio…
The black hole low-mass X-ray binary V404 Cygni is part of a wide triple
Hobbs, G., Lorimer, D. R., Lyne, A. G. & Kramer, M. A statistical study of 233 pulsar proper…
Black hole jets on the scale of the cosmic web
Hardcastle, M. J. et al. Radio-loud AGN in the first LoTSS data release. The lifetimes and environmental impact…
A nebular origin for the persistent radio emission of fast radio bursts
Zhang, B. The physics of fast radio bursts. Rev. Mod. Phys. 95, 035005 (2023). Article ADS CAS Google…
Lense–Thirring precession after a supermassive black hole disrupts a star
Observations and data analysis We used data from the NICER (X-ray), XMM-Newton (X-ray), Swift (X-ray and UV), the…
A magnetar giant flare in the nearby starburst galaxy M82
Mereghetti, S. The strongest cosmic magnets: soft gamma-ray repeaters and anomalous X-ray pulsars. Astron. Astrophys. Rev. 15, 225–287…
A lanthanide-rich kilonova in the aftermath of a long gamma-ray burst
Eichler, D., Livio, M., Piran, T. & Schramm, D. N. Nucleosynthesis, neutrino bursts and γ-rays from coalescing neutron…
Rapid spin changes around a magnetar fast radio burst
Kouveliotou, C. et al. An X-ray pulsar with a superstrong magnetic field in the soft γ-ray repeater SGR1806−20.…