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  1. Discovery of an X-Ray Outburst in an Optically Non-Active Galaxy

    The main X-ray and optical properties of a very luminous X-ray outburst source are summarized. The results are: large variability in X-ray emission...
    Thomas H. Reiprich, Jochen Greiner in Black Holes in Binaries and Galactic Nuclei: Diagnostics, Demography and Formation
    Conference paper

  2. Gamma-Ray Observations of Black Holes: The Prospects of INTEGRAL

    In this paper we describe the upcoming European gamma-ray observatory INTEGRAL (International Gamma-Ray Astrophysics Laboratory). This ESA satellite...
    Norman R. Trams in Black Holes in Binaries and Galactic Nuclei: Diagnostics, Demography and Formation
    Conference paper

  3. A Search for the Presence of Bow Shocks around High-Mass X-Ray Binaries

    The measured radial velocities, and the recently derived tangential velocities based on Hipparcos observations, have demonstrated that several...
    Fredrik Huthoff, Lex Kaper in Black Holes in Binaries and Galactic Nuclei: Diagnostics, Demography and Formation
    Conference paper

  4. X-Ray Candidates for a Population of Nuclear Cores in Local Group Galaxies

    Because of their closeness, the galaxies of the Local Group are an interesting sample for finding weak manifestations of nuclear activity (as is...
    E. J. A. Meurs, Z. Zang in Black Holes in Binaries and Galactic Nuclei: Diagnostics, Demography and Formation
    Conference paper

  6. Synergy Between the VLT and the NGST

    Three major astronomical facilities will address the distant universe and processes of star formation in the next decade: the Next Generation Space...
    H. S. Stockman in From Extrasolar Planets to Cosmology: The VLT Opening Symposium
    Conference paper

  7. The Cluster Population in a Complete Sample of Optically Identified RASS X-Ray Sources

    Using the 2.1-m telescope of the Guillermo Haro Observatory (Cananea, Mexico) the optical counterparts of a count-rate and area limited complete...
    Immo Appenzeller, Reinhold Kneer, ... Inge Thiering in From Extrasolar Planets to Cosmology: The VLT Opening Symposium
    Conference paper

  8. Massive Stars and Their Role in Spectra and Abundances of High Redshift Galaxies

    There are great changes in our understanding of massive star evolution. Although it is a known fact that the populations of massive stars (O-stars,...
    André Maeder in From Extrasolar Planets to Cosmology: The VLT Opening Symposium
    Conference paper

  9. Planetary Microlensing: Present Status and Long-Term Goals

    Massive gravitational microlensing programs were begun about a decade ago as a means to search for compact baryonic dark matter in the Galaxy [1],...
    Penny D. Sackett in From Extrasolar Planets to Cosmology: The VLT Opening Symposium
    Conference paper

  10. Extrasolar Planets Transits: Detection and Follow-Up

    The detection of transits has a rich potential of information about extrasolar planets. This contribution gives an overview and new perspectives on...
    Jean Schneider in From Extrasolar Planets to Cosmology: The VLT Opening Symposium
    Conference paper

  11. Solar Nebulae and Replenished Dust Disks with Planets

    Having studied the primordial, protoplanetary gas disks, and older, dusty “remnant” disks in infrared-emitting (Vega-type) circumstellar systems, we...
    Pawel Artymowicz in From Extrasolar Planets to Cosmology: The VLT Opening Symposium
    Conference paper

  12. The Darwin Space Interferometer

    Darwin is a mid-IR(5-30 micron) interferometry observatory with baselines greater than 50 metres. As a long-duration general purpose observatory, ESA...
    Alan Penny, Alain Leger, ... Malcolm Fridlund in From Extrasolar Planets to Cosmology: The VLT Opening Symposium
    Conference paper

  13. Observations of Cygnus X-3 in Quiescence in the $2.4 - 12 \mu$ m Range with ISO

    We present mid-infrared spectrophotometric and imaging photometric results obtained with ISO on the peculiar X-ray binary Cygnus X-3. The...
    Lydie Koch Miramond, Jean-Marc Bonnet-Bidaud, ... Arnaud Glaret in Black Holes in Binaries and Galactic Nuclei: Diagnostics, Demography and Formation
    Conference paper

  14. Effects of Anisotropy on the Central Dark Mass in NGC 3115. New Results from Integral Field Spectroscopy

    We report new results on the stellar kinematics and the mass distribution of the galaxy NGC 3115 based on NIR integral field spectroscopic data....
    Stephan W. Anders, Niranjan Thatte, Reinhard Genzel in Black Holes in Binaries and Galactic Nuclei: Diagnostics, Demography and Formation
    Conference paper

  15. SINFONI - Galaxy Dynamics at $0^{\prime\prime}\hspace{-0.2cm}.05$ Resolution with the VLT

    The SINFONI integral field spectrometer for the VLT will provide nearinfrared spatially resolved spectra at spatial resolutions close to the...
    Niranjan Thatte, Frank Eisenhauer, ... Eric Emsellem in Black Holes in Binaries and Galactic Nuclei: Diagnostics, Demography and Formation
    Conference paper

  16. Simultaneous Infrared and mm- Wave Observations of Disc Ejection Events in GRS 1915+105

    We have observed in the Galactic X-ray source GRS 1915+105 some of the brightest 20-min quasi-periodic oscillations yet seen, simultaneously at...
    Guy Pooley, Rob Fender in Black Holes in Binaries and Galactic Nuclei: Diagnostics, Demography and Formation
    Conference paper

  17. Molecular Gas in Nuclei of the Seyfert Galaxies NGC3227 and NGC1068

    New subarcsecond data on NGC 3227 and NGC 1068 obtained with the Plateau de Bure millimeter interferometry indicate large enclosed masses and the...
    Eva Schinnerer, Andreas Eckart, Linda Tacconi in Black Holes in Binaries and Galactic Nuclei: Diagnostics, Demography and Formation
    Conference paper

  18. X-Ray Spectra of Neutron Stars vs. Black Holes

    This paper gives an overview of the observed X-ray spectra of lowmass X-ray binaries containing a weakly-magnetized neutron star (NS-LMXRB) and those...
    Yasuo Tanaka in Black Holes in Binaries and Galactic Nuclei: Diagnostics, Demography and Formation
    Conference paper

  19. Gravitational Lens Diagnosis of Quasar Accretion Disk

    We present simulated microlensing light curves of a quasar accretion disk using two canonical accretion disk models. Furthermore, we investigate the...
    Atsunori Yonehara, Shin Mineshige, Edwin L. Turner in Black Holes in Binaries and Galactic Nuclei: Diagnostics, Demography and Formation
    Conference paper

  20. Galaxy Masses: Disks and Their Halos

    I review what we currently do and do not know about the masses of disk galaxies and their dark matter halos. The prognosis for disks is good: the...
    Stacy McGaugh in The Mass of Galaxies at Low and High Redshift
    Conference paper
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