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X-ray Binaries: First extension of Universe@home

2015/19/B/ST9/03188

Keywords:

binary stars X-ray binaries black holes accretion disks

Descriptors:

  • ST9_12: Relativistic astrophysics
  • ST9_17: Large data bases: archiving, handling and analysis
  • ST9_11: High energy and particle astrophysics: X-rays, gamma rays, cosmic rays, neutrinos

Panel:

ST9 - Astronomy and space science: astrophysics, astrochemistry, astrobiology, solar system, planetary systems, stellar, galactic and extragalactic astronomy, space science, instrumentation

Host institution :

Uniwersytet Warszawski, Wydział Fizyki

woj. mazowieckie

Other projects carried out by the institution 

Principal investigator (from the host institution):

prof. Krzysztof Belczyński 

Number of co-investigators in the project: 3

Call: OPUS 10 - announced on 2015-09-15

Amount awarded: 177 200 PLN

Project start date (Y-m-d): 2016-07-21

Project end date (Y-m-d): 2017-07-20

Project duration:: 12 months (the same as in the proposal)

Project status: Project settled

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Note - project descriptions were prepared by the authors of the applications themselves and placed in the system in an unchanged form.

Equipment purchased [PL]

  1. Serwer testowy/zapasowy dla infrastruktury BOINC (34 390 PLN)
  2. Dyski SSD do servera Univers@home (8 185 PLN)

Information in the final report

  • Publication in academic press/journals (3)
  1. The Origin of the Ultraluminous X-Ray Sources
    Authors:
    Wiktorowicz, Grzegorz; Sobolewska, Małgorzata; Lasota, Jean-Pierre; Belczynski, Krzysztof
    Academic press:
    The Astrophysical Journal (rok: 2017, tom: 846, strony: 20), Wydawca: IOP Publishing
    Status:
    Published
    DOI:
    10.3847/1538-4357/aa821d - link to the publication
  2. Dynamical formation of Black Hole Low-Mass X-Ray Binaries in the field - an alternative to common envelope
    Authors:
    Jakub Klencki, Grzegorz Wiktorowicz, Wojciech Gładysz, Krzysztof Belczynski
    Academic press:
    Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society (rok: 2017, tom: 469, strony: 3088-3101), Wydawca: Oxford University Press
    Status:
    Published
    DOI:
    10.1093/mnras/stx842 - link to the publication
  3. Strange quark stars in binaries: formation rates, mergers and explosive phenomena
    Authors:
    Wiktorowicz, Grzegorz; Drago, Alessandro; Pagliara, Giuseppe; Popov, Sergei B.
    Academic press:
    The Astrophysical Journal (rok: 2017, tom: 846, strony: 163), Wydawca: IOP Publishing
    Status:
    Published
    DOI:
    10.3847/1538-4357/aa8629 - link to the publication