Search Results - "Monageng, I. M"
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Radio afterglows of very high-energy gamma-ray bursts 190829A and 180720B
Published in Monthly notices of the Royal Astronomical Society (11-08-2020)“…ABSTRACT We present high-cadence multifrequency radio observations of the long gamma-ray burst (GRB) 190829A, which was detected at photon energies above 100…”
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Discovery of a Rare Eclipsing Be/X-Ray Binary System, Swift J010902.6-723710 = SXP 182
Published in Astrophysical journal. Letters (01-04-2024)“…Abstract We report on the discovery of Swift J010902.6-723710, a rare eclipsing Be/X-ray Binary system by the Swift SMC Survey (S-CUBED). Swift…”
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Spectropolarimetry and photometry of the early afterglow of the gamma-ray burst GRB 191221B
Published in Monthly notices of the Royal Astronomical Society (11-08-2021)“…ABSTRACT We report on results of spectropolarimetry of the afterglow of the long gamma-ray burst GRB 191221B, obtained with SALT/RSS and VLT/FORS2, as well as…”
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A major optical and X-ray outburst from the Magellanic Bridge source RX J0209.6–7427
Published in Monthly notices of the Royal Astronomical Society (01-05-2020)“…ABSTRACT RX J0209.6–7427 is an X-ray source in the Magellanic Bridge that was first detected in 1993, but not seen again till 2019. It has been identified as a…”
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On the relationship between circumstellar disc size and X-ray outbursts in Be/X-ray binaries
Published in Monthly notices of the Royal Astronomical Society (01-01-2017)“…We present long-term Ha monitoring results of five Be/X-ray binaries to study the Be disc size variations and their influence on type II (giant) X-ray…”
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Ton S 415: a close binary containing an intermediate helium subdwarf discovered with SALT and TESS
Published in Monthly notices of the Royal Astronomical Society (09-08-2023)“…ABSTRACT Hot subdwarfs are early-type low-mass stars lying between the main sequence and the white dwarf sequence. The majority have helium-burning cores and…”
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A rare outburst from the stealthy BeXRB system Swift J0549.7−6812
Published in Monthly notices of the Royal Astronomical Society (24-07-2023)“…ABSTRACT Swift J0549.7−6812 is a Be/X-ray binary system (BeXRB) in the Large Magellanic Cloud (LMC) exhibiting an ∼6 s pulse period. Like many such systems,…”
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Improved binary solution for the gamma-ray binary 1FGL J1018.6-5856
Published in Monthly notices of the Royal Astronomical Society (20-07-2022)“…ABSTRACT The gamma-ray binary 1FGL J1018.6-5856 consists of an O6V((f)) type star and an unknown compact object, and shows orbitally modulated emission from…”
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CXOU J005245.0−722844: discovery of a Be star/white dwarf binary system in the SMC via a very fast, super-Eddington X-ray outburst event
Published in Monthly notices of the Royal Astronomical Society (07-10-2024)“…ABSTRACT CXOU J005245.0−722844 is an X-ray source in the Small Magellanic Cloud (SMC) that has long been known as a Be/X-ray binary (BeXRB) star, containing an…”
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Radio observations of the 2022 outburst of the transitional Z-Atoll source XTE J1701−462
Published in Monthly notices of the Royal Astronomical Society (01-09-2024)“…ABSTRACT XTE J1701−462 is a neutron star low-mass X-ray binary (NS LMXB) discovered in 2006 as the first system to demonstrate unambiguously that the ‘Atoll’…”
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The 2022 super-Eddington outburst of the source SMC X-2
Published in Monthly notices of the Royal Astronomical Society (15-02-2024)“…ABSTRACT SMC X-2 exhibits X-ray outburst behaviour that makes it one of the most luminous X-ray sources in the Small Magellanic Cloud. In the last decade it…”
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4U 1210−64: a new member of the rare intermediate-mass X-ray binary subclass
Published in Monthly notices of the Royal Astronomical Society (01-01-2024)“…ABSTRACT 4U 1210−64 is a peculiar X-ray binary that was first discovered in 1978 by the Uhuru satellite. The analysis of the X-ray data revealed a 6.7-d…”
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A helium-burning white dwarf binary as a supersoft X-ray source
Published in Nature (London) (23-03-2023)“…Type Ia supernovae are cosmic distance indicators 1 , 2 , and the main source of iron in the Universe 3 , 4 , but their formation paths are still debated…”
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SXP 15.6 – an accreting pulsar close to spin equilibrium?
Published in Monthly notices of the Royal Astronomical Society (27-05-2022)“…ABSTRACT SXP 15.6 is a recently established Be star X-ray binary system in the Small Magellanic Cloud (SMC). Like many such systems, the variable X-ray…”
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Radio flaring and dual radio loud/quiet behaviour in the new candidate black hole X-ray binary MAXI J1631-472
Published in Monthly notices of the Royal Astronomical Society (01-03-2021)“…ABSTRACT We present the results of a weekly monitoring of the new black hole candidate X-ray binary MAXI J1631-472 carried out with the MeerKAT radio…”
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Discovery of a magnetar candidate X-ray pulsar in the Large Magellanic Cloud
Published in Monthly notices of the Royal Astronomical Society (29-07-2023)“…ABSTRACT During a systematic search for new X-ray pulsators in the XMM–Newton archive, we discovered a high amplitude ($PF\simeq 86~{{\ \rm per\ cent}}$)…”
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The newly discovered Be/X-ray binary Swift J004516.6–734703 in the SMC: witnessing the emergence of a circumstellar disc
Published in Monthly notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. Letters (01-11-2020)“…ABSTRACT We report on the discovery of Swift J004516.6–734703, a Be/X-ray binary system by the Swift SMC Survey, S-CUBED. Swift J004516.6–734703, or SXP 146.6,…”
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RX J0529.8−6556: a BeXRB pulsar with an evolving optical period and out of phase X-ray outbursts
Published in Monthly notices of the Royal Astronomical Society (01-06-2021)“…ABSTRACT We report the results of eROSITA and NICER observations of the 2020 June outburst of the Be/X-ray binary pulsar RX J0529.8−6556 in the Large…”
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The 2019 outburst of AMXP SAX J1808.4–3658 and radio follow up of MAXI J0911–655 and XTE J1701–462
Published in Monthly notices of the Royal Astronomical Society (01-05-2023)“…ABSTRACT We present radio coverage of the 2019 outburst of the accreting millisecond X-ray pulsar (AMXP) SAX J1808.4–3658, obtained with MeerKAT. We compare…”
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The Orbit of the Gamma-Ray Binary 1FGL J1018.6−5856
Published in The Astrophysical journal (20-09-2017)“…Gamma-ray binaries are a small subclass of the high mass X-ray binary population that exhibit emission across the whole electromagnetic spectrum. We present…”
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