Accretion Disc Winds in Low-Mass X-Ray Binary Stars
Disc winds and jets are ubiquitous among accreting systems on all scales, from active galactic nuclei (AGN) down to young stellar objects. They represent a key...
Gamma-ray bursts and their X-ray and optical afterglow
Gamma-Ray Bursts (GRBs) are the most powerful sources of electromagnetic radiation in the Universe. There are many open questions about their origin and their...
We discuss the role and significance of molecules in the modern astrophysics. Molecular opacities govern the structure of model atmospheres of late-type stars...
The matter within a few Schwarzschild radii of accreting neutron stars and black holes is moving under the influence of a strong gravitational field, and, in...
(1) Seismology of stars: problems and prospects (2) Asteroseismic CoRoT targets and the ground-based follow-up observations (3) Classical novae and cataclysmic variables: a modern perspective
The asteroseismic window of the CoRoT satellite mission aims at the monitoring of several types of pulsators along the Main Sequence. To optimise the science...
1st IAU-G5 seminar: The revolution of task-based computing, applied to stellar and planetary atmospheres
(This seminar is organized by the IAU G5 commission on stellar and planetary atmospheres) Task-based computing is a method where computational problems are...
Stellar-mass black holes have all been discovered through X-ray emission, which arises from the accretion of gas from their binary companions. Currently known...
A black hole in Swift J1357.2-0933 obscured by an inner disc torus
X-ray transients are binary systems composed by a 'normal' star which is transfering mass onto a compact object (either a black hole or a neutron star) through...
A CLOSE LOOK INTO THE OUTBURST EVOLUTION OF BLACK HOLE X-RAY BINARIES
X-ray observations performed by several missions during the last few decades have provided a very large data base on black hole X-ray binaries. Many of these...