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Ultra-luminous X-ray sources and neutron-star–black-hole mergers from very massive close binaries at low metallicity
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Gravitational waves from the binary black hole (BH) merger GW150914 may enlighten our understanding of ultra-luminous X-ray sources (ULXs), as BHs>30Msun can reach luminosities>4x10^39 erg s^-1 without exceeding their Eddington limit. It is then important to study variations of evolutionary channels for merging BHs, which might instead form accreting BHs and become ULXs. It was recently shown that massive binaries with mass ratios close to unity and tight orbits can undergo efficient ro...
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- Peer reviewed
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- 10.1051/0004-6361/201630188
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- EDP Sciences
- Journal:
- Astronomy & Astrophysics More from this journal
- Volume:
- 604
- Pages:
- A55
- Publication date:
- 2017-08-01
- Acceptance date:
- 2017-05-10
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1432-0746
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0004-6361
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English
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pubs:696536
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696536
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2018-02-13
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- 2017
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- Reproduced with permission from Astronomy and Astrophysics, © ESO 2017
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