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Galaxy And Mass Assembly (GAMA): the stellar mass budget by galaxy type

(2016) Amanda J. Moffett et al.   MONTHLY NOTICES OF THE ROYAL ASTRONOMICAL SOCIETY

The chemically homogeneous evolutionary channel for binary black hole mergers: rates and properties of gravitational-wave events detectable by advanced LIGO

(2016) S. E. de Mink et al.   MONTHLY NOTICES OF THE ROYAL ASTRONOMICAL SOCIETY

Observation of Gravitational Waves from a Binary Black Hole Merger

(2016) B. P. Abbott et al.   PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS

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The origin and evolution of the galaxy mass–metallicity relation

(2015) Xiangcheng Ma et al.   MONTHLY NOTICES OF THE ROYAL ASTRONOMICAL SOCIETY

The mass spectrum of compact remnants from the parsec stellar evolution tracks

(2015) Mario Spera et al.   MONTHLY NOTICES OF THE ROYAL ASTRONOMICAL SOCIETY

Near-infrared counterparts of ultraluminous X-ray sources

(2014) M. Heida et al.   MONTHLY NOTICES OF THE ROYAL ASTRONOMICAL SOCIETY

An ultraluminous X-ray source powered by an accreting neutron star

(2014) M. Bachetti et al.   NATURE

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On the association of the ultraluminous X-ray sources in the Antennae galaxies with young stellar clusters★

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OPTICAL PROPERTIES OF THE ULTRALUMINOUS X-RAY SOURCE HOLMBERG IX X-1 AND ITS STELLAR ENVIRONMENT

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2XMM ultraluminous X-ray source candidates in nearby galaxies

(2011) D. J. Walton et al.   MONTHLY NOTICES OF THE ROYAL ASTRONOMICAL SOCIETY

Mass models of the Milky Way

(2011) Paul J. McMillan   MONTHLY NOTICES OF THE ROYAL ASTRONOMICAL SOCIETY

X-ray emission from star-forming galaxies - I. High-mass X-ray binaries

(2011) S. Mineo et al.   MONTHLY NOTICES OF THE ROYAL ASTRONOMICAL SOCIETY

PERIASTRON PASSAGE TRIGGERING OF THE 19TH CENTURY ERUPTIONS OF ETA CARINAE

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MODELING THE EXTRAGALACTIC BACKGROUND LIGHT FROM STARS AND DUST

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Ultra-luminous X-ray sources and remnants of massive metal-poor stars

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THE FIRST DETECTION OF [O IV] FROM AN ULTRALUMINOUS X-RAY SOURCE WITHSPITZER. II. EVIDENCE FOR HIGH LUMINOSITY IN HOLMBERG II ULX

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On IC 10 X-1, the Most Massive Known Stellar-Mass Black Hole

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Optical emission from massive donors in ultraluminous X-ray source binary systems

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The massive star binary fraction in young open clusters – I. NGC 6231 revisited

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