Low-rate accretion onto isolated stellar-mass black holes

GM Beskin, SV Karpov - Astronomy & Astrophysics, 2005 - aanda.org
Magnetic field behaviour in a spherically-symmetric accretion flow for parameters typical of
single black holes in the Galaxy is discussed. It is shown that in the majority of Galaxy …

The multicolor panoramic photometer-polarimeter with high time resolution based on the PSD

V Plokhotnichenko, G Beskin, V Debur… - Nuclear Instruments and …, 2003 - Elsevier
Multicolor panoramic photometer-polarimeter (MPPP) with a time resolution of 1μs has been
built based on a position-sensitive detector (PSD) and used at the 6-m telescope in SAO …

High-temporal resolution multimode photospectropolarimeter

VL Plokhotnichenko, GM Beskin, VG de Bur… - Astrophysical …, 2009 - Springer
A hardware and software complex of the MANIA experiment designed to search for and
study the photometric variability of astrophysical objects with a temporal resolution of 10− 6 s …

Detection of compact objects by means of gravitational lensing in binary systems

GM Beskin, AV Tuntsov - Astronomy & Astrophysics, 2002 - aanda.org
We consider the gravitational magnification of light for binary systems containing two
compact objects: white dwarfs, a white dwarf and a neutron star or a white dwarf and a black …

Search for pairs of isolated radio pulsars—Components in disrupted binary systems

EG Chmyreva, GM Beskin, AV Biryukov - Astronomy letters, 2010 - Springer
We have developed a method for analyzing the kinematic association of isolated relativistic
objects-possible remnants of disrupted close binary systems. We investigate pairs of fairly …

Very fast photon counting photometers for astronomical applications: from QuantEYE to AquEYE

G Naletto, C Barbieri, T Occhipinti… - Photon Counting …, 2007 - spiedigitallibrary.org
In the great majority of the cases, present astronomical observations are realized analyzing
only first order spatial or temporal coherence properties of the collected photon stream …

The “Quantochron 4-48” facility for registration of random fluxes of multidimensional signals

VL Plokhotnichenko, AV Solin, AG Tikhonov - Astrophysical Bulletin, 2009 - Springer
A facility for the registration of light fluxes meant for the study of their properties with high
temporal resolution is described. The “Quantochron 4-48” acquisition facility measures the …

Nonthermal optical transients from relativistic fireballs

D Eichler, G Beskin - Physical Review Letters, 2000 - APS
A general upper bound is derived on the total energy in incoherent nonthermal transients at
frequency ν from relativistic fireballs with bulk Lorentz factors Γ and observed duration Δ t …

Observational appearances of isolated stellar-mass black hole accretion–Theory and observations

G Beskin, A Biryukov, S Karpov… - Advances in Space …, 2008 - Elsevier
General properties of accretion onto isolated stellar-mass black holes in the Galaxy are
discussed. An analysis of plasma internal energy growth during the infall is performed …

Devices and software for optical panoramic observations with microsecond time resolution

V Plokhotnichenko, G Beskin, V de‐Bur… - AIP Conference …, 2008 - pubs.aip.org
The set of equipment and software of MANIA experiment for search for and study of
astrophysical objects variability with time resolution of 1 us is described. Observations are …