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Spectral Energy Distribution and Galactic Kinematic Diagnostics for Dormant Black Hole–Neutron Star Binary Candidates

  • Authors: Qian-Yu An, Wei-Min Gu

Qian-Yu An and Wei-Min Gu 2026 The Astrophysical Journal Letters 1003 .

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(a) The ratio of the observed NUV flux to model-predicted NUV flux as a function of the fit_companion_mass. The horizontal orange dashed line marks FNUV,obs/﹩{F}_{{\rm{NUV}},{\rm{mod}}}=1.2﹩, below which sources are considered to show no significant NUV excess and are directly retained. Sources with moderate excess, 1.2 < FNUV,obs/﹩{F}_{{\rm{NUV}},{\rm{mod}}}\leqslant 3﹩, indicated by the area between the cyan dashed line and orange dashed line, are subjected to further diagnostics allowing for a luminous stellar companion. (b) The ratio of total model-predicted NUV flux (assuming an MS companion) to observed NUV flux as a function of the fit_companion_mass. The horizontal orange dashed line marks ﹩{F}_{{\rm{NUV}},{\rm{tot}}\_{\rm{mod}}}﹩/FNUV,obs = 10, above which the predicted flux from a nondegenerate luminous companion severely exceeds the observed value, making such companions less possible.

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