No Longer Impossible: The Self-lensing Binary KIC 8145411 is a Triple
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DOI: 10.1088/1538-3873/ad5ebd
Abstract: Five self-lensing binaries (SLBs) have been discovered with data from the Kepler mission. One of these systems is KIC 8145411, which was reported to host an extremely low mass (ELM; 0.2 M ⊙) white dwarf… read more here.
Keywords: system; self lensing; solar type; mass ... See more keywords
Constraining the environment of compact binary mergers with self-lensing signatures
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DOI: 10.1103/ql7q-t6wc
Abstract: Gravitational waves (GWs) from coalescing binary black holes (BBHs) can come from different environments. GWs interact gravitationally with astrophysical objects, which makes it possible to use gravitational lensing by objects in the same gravitational system… read more here.
Keywords: tau simeq; self lensing; constraining environment;