COMIS/TTM publications
Follows a list of scientific publications that contain, for a substantial
part, analyses of COMIS/TTM data or discuss technical details relevant to the
scientist. The hyperlinks point to (p)reprints in postscript
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reverse-chronological order.
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Total:86 publications (32 in refereed journals, 17 IAU circulars,
28 conference papers, 9 PhD theses)
Last update: February 6, 2003
Papers in refereed journals
- Aleksandrovich et al.:
"Long-Term Mir-Kvant Observations of the Transient X-ray Burster
KS 1731-260", 2002, Astron. Lett. 28, 279
- Emelyanov et al.:
"A ten-year long peak of the X-ray flux from the burster 4u 1724-307
in the globular cluster Terzan 2: evolution of the donor star or the
influence of a third star?", 2002, Astron. Lett. 28, 12
- Emelyanov et al.:
"A Deficit of Type I X-ray Bursts from Low-Accretion-Rate Binaries: Data
from the TTM/COMIS Telescope Onboard the Mir-Kvant Observatory", 2001,
Astron. Lett. 27, 78
- Emelyanov et al.:
"A Catalog of X-ray Sources as Observed by the TTM/COMIS Telescope Onboard
the Mir-Kvant Observatory in 1988-1998", 2000, Astron. Lett. 26, 297
- Aleksandrovich et al.:
"Upper limits on the fluxes from x-ray transients of the galactic-center
region in the off state", 1999, Astron. Lett. 24, 742
- Borozdin et al.:
"The X-ray nova GRS 1739-278 near the Galactic center", 1998, Astron. Lett.
24, 435
- Revnivtsev et al.:
"Hard X-ray observations of X-ray Nova Ophiuchi 1993 (GRS 1716-249) with
GRANAT/SIGMA", 1998, A&A 331, 557
- Aleksandrovich et al.:
"TTM/Mir-Kvant observations of the x-ray transient bursting pulsar
GRO J1744-28", 1998, Astron. Lett. 24, 7
- Kretschmar et al.:
"Phase resolved X-ray spectra of VELA X-1",1997 A&A 325, 623
- Lavrov et al.:
"wo spectral states of the black-hole candidate GX 339-4", 1997,
Astron. Lett. 23, 433
- Pan et al.:
"X-ray spectrum of the black hole candidate X1755-338", 1995,
MNRAS 274, 15P
- Kendziorra et al.:
"Evidence for cyclotron line features in high energy spectra of
A 0535+26 during the March/April 1989 outburst", 1994, A&A 291, L31
- Aleksandrovich et al.:
"Observations of the x-ray pulsar GX301-2 with the TTM telescope of the
KVANT module on board the MIR orbital station", 1994, Astron. Lett. 20, 565
- Blom et al.:
"New Measurements of the X-Ray Hardness / Intensity Correlation of GX:5-1",
1993, A&A 277, 77
- In 't Zand et al.:
"The spectral variability in 2-28 keV of GS2023+338 during its 1989
outburst", 1992, A&A 266, 283
- Skinner et al.:
"The spectrum and position of the hard Galactic centre source
1E1740.7-2942", 1991, A&A 252, 172
- Sunyaev et al.:
"Broadband X-ray spectra of black hole candidates, X-ray pulsars, and
low-mass X-ray binaries - Results from the KVANT module", 1991,
Sov. Astron. Lett. 17, 127 (Russian edition)
- Sunyaev et al.:
"Two hard X-ray sources near the galactic center: the known source
1E1740.7-2942 and the newly discovered source GRS 1758-258", 1991,
Sov. Astron. Lett. 17, 50
- Sunyaev et al.:
"Anomalously hard spectrum of 1E1740.7-294 according to data from the
Rentgen observatory on the KVANT module", 1991, Sov. Astron. Lett. 17, 126
(Russian edition)
- Sunyaev et al.:
"A new transient X-ray burster KS 1731-260", 1990, Sov. Astron. Lett. 16, 136
(Russian edition)
- Borozdin et al.:
"KS 1947+300: a new transient X-ray source in Cygnus", 1990,
Sov. Astron. Lett. 16, 345
- Sunyaev et al.:
"X-ray observations of the Large Magellanic Cloud by the TTM telescope
on the Quant module during November 1988 - June 1989", 1990, Sov. Astron.
Lett. 16, 55
- Sunyaev et al.:
"Stabilization of Mir-Kvant - the TTM X-Ray Data", 1990, Sov. Astron.
Lett. 14, 296
- Gilfanov et al.:
"Observation sof X-ray pulsars with the ROENTGEN observatory on the
Kvant module", 1989, Sov. Astron. Lett. 15, 291
- Sunyaev et al.:
"Upper Limits of the X-Ray Emission from Supernova 1987A in 2-32-KEV
Energy Band in 1987 JUN/AUG", 1988, Sov. Astron. Lett. 14, 591
(Russian edition)
- Mels et al.:
"A large-area position sensitive X-ray detector for astrophysical
observations", 1988, Nucl. Instrum. Meth. A273, 689
- Sunyaev et al.:
"The detection of hard X-ray emission from SN 1987A - Preliminary
results from the KVANT module", 1987, Sov. Astron. Lett. 13, 431
- Sunyaev et al.:
"Discovery of Hard X-Ray Emission from Supernova 1987A", 1987,
Nature 330, 227
- Rodin et al.:
"Detection of Hard X-Ray Emission from Supernova 1987A Preliminary
Results from the KVANT Module on the MIR Station", 1987, Sov. Astron. Lett.
13, 1027 (Russian edition)
- Skinner et al.:
"Coded mask telescopes for X-ray astronomy", 1987, JBIS 40, 169
- Brinkman et al.:
"Coded-mask imaging X-ray spectrometer for the Salyut mission",
in Proc. "Non-thermal and very high temperature phenomena in X-ray
Astronomy", eds. G. Perola and M. Salvati, "La Sapienza", 263
- Van Beek et al.:
"A MWPC read-out system with novel photon identification capabilities",
1984, IEEE Trans. Nucl. Sc. NS-31, p. 45
IAU circulars
- Borozdin & Aleksandrovich:
"GRS 1739-278
and GRO J1744-28", IAUC 6350
(March 23, 1996)
- Grebenev et al.:
"GRO J1735-27",
IAUC 6216
(August 29, 1995)
- Aleksandrovich et al.:
"X-ray nova
in Scorpius",
IAUC 6143
(March 2, 1995)
- Borozdin et al.:
"X-ray nova
in Ophuichus",
IAUC 6141
(February 27, 1995)
- Gilfanov et al.:
"KS 1730-312",
IAUC 6091
(October 8, 1994)
- Borozdin et al.:
"KS 1730-312",
IAUC 6088
(October 4, 1994)
- Aleksandrovich et al.:
"X-ray nova
in Scorpius",
IAUC 6087
(October 4, 1994)
- Aleksandrovich et al.:
"X-ray nova
in Scorpius",
IAUC 6087
(October 4, 1994)
- Borozdin et al.:
"KS 1730-312",
IAUC 6083
(September 30, 1994)
- Aleksandrovich et al.:
"GRS 1915+105",
IAUC 6080
(September 21, 1994)
- Borozdin et al.:
"X-ray nova
in Vela",
IAUC 5886
(November 2, 1993)
- Kaniovksy et al.:
"X-ray novae",
IAUC 5878
(October 12, 1993)
- Skinner et al.:
"GX 1+4",
IAUC 4879
(October 17, 1989)
- Skinner et al.:
"KS 1947+300",
IAUC 4850
(September 7, 1989)
- Sunyaev et al.:
"Transient
X-ray burster",
IAUC 4839
(August 24, 1989)
- Sunyaev et al.:
"V404 Cyg",
IAUC 4800
(July 3, 1989)
- Sunyaev et al.:
"A0535+26",
IAUC 4769
(April 11, 1989)
Papers for conference proceedings
- Gilfanov et al.:
"X-ray Spectral Variability of Black Hole Binaries",
1999, in Proc. "Observational Evidence for the Black Holes in the
Universe, Conference held in Calcutta", January 11-17th, 1998., p. 319
- Revnitsev et al.:
"GRANAT/SIGMA observations of 4U1705-44 and 4U1608-52 and spectral
states of X-ray bursters", 1997, in JENAM-97, p.289
- Lavrov et al.:
"Observations of the Black Hole candidate GX339-4 with the TTM telescope
of the "KVANT" module on board the MIR orbital station", 1997, in
JENAM-97, p.275
- Aleksandrovich et al.:
"Observations of the X-ray burster-pulsar GRO J1744-28 with the TTM
telescope onboard the MIR-KVANT space observatory", 1997, in
JENAM-97, p.247
- Balucinska et al.:
"Spectral behaviour of Cygnus X-1 in a broad band 0.1-200 ke V based on
ROSAT, TTM and HEXE observations", 1996, Memorie della Societa Astronomia
Italiana, Vol. 67, p.389
- Kretschmar et al.:
"Absorption features in the hard X-ray spectra of PSR A 0535+26 and
VELA X-1", 1996, A&AS 120, 175
- Maisack et al.:
"Broad-band X-ray observations of CIR X-1", 1995, Adv. Sp. Sc. 16, 91
- Pan et al.:
"TTM Observations of X1755-338", 1994, in "Flares and flashes", Proc. IAU
Coll. 151, p. 334
- Maisack et al.:
"Compton reflection in Scorpius X-1 and Cygnus X-3?", 1994, ApJS 92, 473
- Pan et al.:
"Variable soft X-ray absorption and excess of VELA X-1", 1994, ApJS 92, 448
- Pan et al.:
"Observations of X-ray transient source GS2023+338 with the TTM coded
mask telescop", 1993, A&AS 97, 273
- Nottingham et al.:
"Observations of the Galactic centre with the TTM instrument", 1993,
A&AS 97, 165
- Sunyaev et al.:
"Observations of the X-ray nova GS 2023+338 by ROENTGEN observatory",
1992, in Proc. "Frontiers of X-ray astronomy", Universal Acedemy Press,
p.325
- Sunyaev et al.:
"Broad-band X-ray spectra of black hole candidates, X-ray pulsars and
low-mass X-ray binaries: results of Kvant Observatory",
1992, in Proc. "Frontiers of X-ray astronomy", Universal Acedemy Press,
p.697
- In 't Zand et al.:
"wo new X-ray transients near the Galactic center", 1991,
Adv. Sp. Sc. 11, 187
- Skinner et al.:
"The position of GRS1758 - 258", 1991, in "Gamma-ray line astrophysics",
Proc. of the int. symp. (A92-43619 18-90), AIP, p. 358
- Sunyaev et al.:
"Imaging of the galactic center field by Kvant and Granat", 1991,
Adv. Sp. Sc. 11, (8)185
- Sunyaev et al.:
"The results of the Mir-Kvant in 1987-1989", 1991, Adv. Sp. Sc. 11, 5
- Sunyaev et al.:
"Highlight from the Kvant mission", 1990, Adv. Sp. Sc. 10, (2)41
- Arefiev et al.:
"X-ray Observations of GS 2023+338 by the Kvant module",
1989, in Proc. 23rd ESLAB
Symp. in Bologna, p. 255
- Gilfanov et al.:
"Observations of the X-ray pulsars from the Kvant module",
1989, in Proc. 23rd ESLAB
Symp. in Bologna, p. 71
- In 't Zand et al.:
"TTM-Kvant observations of the galactic plane", 1989, in Proc. 23rd ESLAB
Symp. in Bologna, p. 693
- Patterson et al.:
"Identification of galactic bulge X-ray bursts with persistent
X-ray counterparts", 1989, in Proc. 23rd ESLAB
Symp. in Bologna, p. 567
- Sunyaev et al.:
"X ray observations of the LMC field by the TTM instrument onboard the
KVANT module: November 1988 to June 1989", 1989, in Proc. 23rd ESLAB
Symp. in Bologna, p. 633
- Sunyaev et al.:
"A new transient X-ray burst source near GX 1+4", 1989, in Proc. 23rd ESLAB
Symp. in Bologna, p. 641
- In 't Zand et al.:
"X-ray observations of SN1987A with a coded-mask imaging spectrometer",
1989, in "Timing Neutron Stars", eds. H. Oegelman & E.P.J. van den
Heuvel, Kluwer, p.317
- Skinner et al.:
"Coded mask X-ray observations of SN 1987A from MIR", 1988, in Proc.
"Supernova 1987A in the Large Magellanic Cloud", Proceedings of the
Fourth George Mason Astrophysics Workshop, CUP, p. 361
- Beatty:
"The high-flying KVANT module", 1987, Sky & Telescope 74, 599
PhD theses
- Andy Hammersley, 1986, 'The reconstruction of coded mask data under
conditions realistic to X-ray astronomy observations', Univ. Birmingham,
supervisor G.K. Skinner
- Marat Gilfanov, 1989, IKI, advisor R.A. Sunyaev
- Eugene Churazov, 1989, IKI, advisor R.A. Sunyaev
- Tim Patterson, 1990, 'A survey of the Galactic Bulge, Large Magellanic
Cloud and Cygnus region with a simple configuration coded mask X-ray
telescope', Univ. Birmingham, supervisor P. Willmore
- Jean in 't Zand, 1992, 'A coded mask imager as monitor of galactic
X-ray sources', SRON, promotor J.A.M. Bleeker
- Matthew Nottingham, 1993, 'X-ray observations of the galactic center
utilizing a new analytical technique', Univ. Birmingham, supervisor
G.K. Skinner
- Konstantin Borozdin, 1995, 'X-ray novae and superliminal X-ray sources
observations by Mir-Kvant module telescopes', IKI, advisor R.A. Sunyaev
- Sergei Trudolubov, 2000, 'Analysis and interpretation of X-ray properties
of black hole candidates', IKI, advisor M. Gilfanov
- Mike Revnivtsev, 2000, 'The study of the X-ray emission from the accreting
black holes and neutron stars', IKI, advisor M. Gilfanov
Jean in 't Zand, SRON, February 6, 2003