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High-energy astrophysics
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Preferential occurrence of fast radio bursts in massive star-forming galaxies
Zhang, B. The physics of fast radio bursts. Rev. Mod. Phys. 95, 035005 (2023). Article ADS CAS Google…
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…
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…
Stripped-envelope supernova light curves argue for central engine activity
Sharon, A. & Kushnir, D. The γ-ray deposition histories of core-collapse supernovae. Mon. Not. R. Astron. Soc. 496,…
Thermonuclear explosions on neutron stars reveal the speed of their jets
Gallo, E. et al. A dark jet dominates the power output of the stellar black hole Cygnus X-1.…
The complex circumstellar environment of supernova 2023ixf
Waxman, E. & Katz, B. in Handbook of Supernovae (eds Alsabti, A. & Murdin, P.) 967–1015 (Springer, 2017).…
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.…