ar X iv : a st ro - p h / 04 02 13 3 v 1 5 F eb 2 00 4 EXITE 2 Observation of the SIGMA Source GRS 1227 + 025

ar X iv : a st ro - p h / 04 02 16 8 v 1 7 F eb 2 00 4 A search for wide ( sub ) stellar companions around extrasolar planet host stars

We present an overview of our ongoing systematic search for wide (sub)stellar companions around the stars known to host rad-vel planets. By using a relatively large field of view and going very deep, our survey can find all directly detectable stellar and massive brown dwarf companions (m>40 MJup) within a 1000 AU orbit.

ar X iv : a st ro - p h / 99 02 06 2 v 1 4 F eb 1 99 9 SOURCES OF RELATIVISTIC JETS IN THE GALAXY

ar X iv : a st ro - p h / 02 04 03 6 v 1 2 A pr 2 00 2 Investigating the Flame Microstructure in Type

ar X iv : a st ro - p h / 04 02 26 4 v 1 11 F eb 2 00 4 The GRB - SN connection : GRB 030329 and XRF 030723

The attempt to secure conclusive, spectroscopic evidence for the GRB/SN connection has been a central theme in most GRB observing time proposals since the discovery of the very unusual GRB 980425 associated with the peculiar type Ib/c SN 1998bw. GRB 030329 provided this evidence to everybody’s satisfaction. In this contribution we show the results of a spectroscopic campaign of the supernova as...

ar X iv : a st ro - p h / 04 02 22 2 v 1 10 F eb 2 00 4 Chaotic behavior of micro quasar GRS 1915 + 105

Black hole binaries are variable in timescales of rang from months to milli-seconds. The origin of this variability is still not clear, it could be due to the variation of external parameters, like mass accretion rate, instabilities in the inner regions of the accretion flow etc. Important constraints on these possibilities can be obtained from the study of the non-linear behavior of fluctuatio...