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Akashi, M. et al. (4 authors) 2015, MNRAS 453, 2115. Forming equatorial rings around dying stars.

Antonini, F. 2016, ApJ 816, 65. BH mergers and blue stragglers from hierarchical triples formed in globular clusters. (8ac)

Arreaga-García, G. 2016, RMxAA 52, 155. Formation of binary via fragmentation of rotating parent core.

Basu-Zych, A. et al. (7 authors) 2016, ApJ 818 (1), 140. Exploring the overabundance of ULX's. (2uo)

Beatty, T.G., Gaudi, B.S. 2015, PASP 127, 1240. Astrophysical sources of statistical uncertainty in precise RVs.

Belczynski, K. et al. (8 authors) 2016, ApJ 819 (2), 108. Compact binary merger rates: Ligo/Virgo upper limits. (8)

Bodman, E.H.L., Quillen, A. 2015, MNRAS 453, 2387. Infrared variability from circumbinary disc temperature modulations.

Cambier, H. 2015, MNRAS 452, 3620. Agitating mass transfer with a warped disc's shadow.

Cao, X. 2016, ApJ 817 (1), 71. An AD-outflow model for hysteretic state transition in x-ray binaries. (8ab)

Chen, H.-L. et al. (5 authors) 2015, MNRAS 453, 3024. Population synthesis of accreting WDs - II. x-ray and UV emission.

de Mink, S.E., Belczynsk, K. 2015, ApJ 814, 58. (8c) Impact of initial conditions on binary NS mergers.

Dessart, L. et al. (7 authors) 2015, MNRAS 453, 2189. Radiative transfer models for SNe IIb/Ib/Ic from binary-star progenitors.

Fu, Y.-Y. et al. (8 authors) 2016, ChA&A 40, 20. Accretion acceleration of NSs and effects of gravitational radiation.

García, F., Ranea-Sandoval, I.F., Johannsen, T. 2016, A&A 587, A141. (8a) Magnetised ADs in Kerr spacetimes. II. Hot spots.

Ge, H. et al. (4 authors) 2015, ApJ 812, 40. (8c) Adiabatic mass loss in CBs.

Gies, D.R. et al. (6 authors) 2015, AJ 150, 178. Detection of companions to Kepler EBs using eclipse timing.

Gulliksen, K. et al. (9 authors) 2016, AJ 151, 3. Direct spectral detection of cool companions to early-type stars.

Haberl, F., Sturm, R. 2016, A&A 586, A81. (6a) HMXBs in the SMC.

Hansen, T.T. et al. (6 authors) 2015, A&A 583, A49. The role of binaries in the enrichment of the early galactic halo. I. r-process-enhanced metal-poor stars.

Jenkins, J.S. 2015, MNRAS 453, 1439. The observed distribution of SBs from the Anglo-Australian planet search.

Jia, K., Li, X.-D. 2015, ApJ 814, 74. (8c) Evolution of transient LMXBs to redback ms pulsars.

Kallman, T., Dorodnitsyn, A., Blondin, J. 2015, ApJ 815, 53. (8a) X-ray polarization from HMXBs.

Kantor, E.M., Gusakov, M.E., Chugunov, A.I. 2016, MNRAS 455, 739. Observational signatures of NSs in LMXBs climbing a stability peak.

Kato, T. 2015, PASJ 67, 108. WZ Sge-type dwarf novae.

Katoh, N. et al. (4 authors) 2016, AJ 151, 87. Erratum in paper AJ 145, 41, 2013.

Kimura, M., Mineshige, S., Kawanaka, N. 2015, PASJ 67, 101. How does a secular instability grow in a hyperaccretion flow?

Kisaka, S., Ioka, K., Nakar, E. 2016, ApJ 818 (1), 104. X-ray-powered macronovae following GRB's. (8ad)

Lasky, P.D. 2015, PASA 32, 34. Gravitational waves from NSs: a review.

Leigh, W.C., Geller, A.M., Toonen, S. 2016, ApJ 818 (1), 21. Interrupted binary mass transfer in star clusters. (8a)

Li, L.-S. 2015, RAA 15, 1695. Orbit and spin evolution of synchronous binary stars on the main sequence (a theoretical improvement to the analytical method).

Li, S.-L., Yan, Z. 2016, RAA 16, 12. State transitions triggered by inverse magnetic field: probably applied in HMXBs?

Li, S.-Z., Yu, Y.-W. 2016, ApJ 819 (2), 120. Shock breakout driven by remnant NS merger. (8a)

Liu, Z.W. et al. (7 authors) 2015, A&A 584, A11. (8ac) The interaction of core-collapse SN ejecta with a companion star.

Lucatello, S. et al. (7 authors) 2015, A&A 584, A52. The incidence of binaries in globular cluster stellar populations.

Mandel, I. 2016, MNRAS 456, 578. Estimates of BH natal kick velocities from observations of LMXBs.

Margalit, B., Piran, T. 2015, MNRAS 452, 3419. Radio flares of compact binary mergers: the effect of non-trivial outflow geometry.

Martin, D.V., Mazeh, T., Fabrycky, D.C. 2015, MNRAS 453, 3554. No circumbinary planets transiting the tightest Kepler binaries - a possible fingerprint of a third star.

Melatos, A., Mastrano, A. 2016, ApJ 818, 49. Electromagnetic spindown of transient accreting ms pulsars during quiescence. (8a)

Mikulášek, Z. 2015, A&A 584, A8. Phenomenological modelling of EB LCs.

Miranda, R., Lai, D. 2015, MNRAS 452, 2396. Tidal truncation of inclined circumstellar and circumbinary discs in young stellar binaries.

Mushtukov, A.A. et al. (4 authors) 2015, MNRAS 454, 2539. On the maximum accretion luminosity of magnetized NSs: connecting x-ray pulsars and ultraluminous x-ray sources.

Nelemans, G. et al. (4 authors) 2016, ApJ 817n (1), 69. Formation of CVs: influence of nova eruptions. (8acd)

Nelson, R.H., Terrell, D., Milone, E.F. 2015, NewAR 69, 1. Critical review of period analyses and implications for mass exchange in W UMa systems, paper 2.

Nelson, R.H., Terrell, D., Milone, E.F. 2016, NewAR 70, 1. Critical review of period analyses and implications for mass exchange in W UMa systems, paper 3.

Ouyed, R., Leahy, D., Koning, N. 2016, ApJ 818, 77. Quark novae occurring in massive binaries. (8a)

Parviainen, H., Aigrain, S. 2015, MNRAS 453, 3821. LDTK: Limb darkening toolkit.

Paunzen, E., Vanmunster, T. 2016, AN 337, 239. Peranso - LC and period analysis software.

Pejcha, O., Metzger, B.D., Tomida, K. 2016, MNRAS 455, 4351. Cool and luminous transients from mass-losing binary stars.

Pichara, K., Protopapas, P., León, D. 2016, ApJ 819 (1), 18. Meta-classification for variable stars. (9)

Piersanti, L., Yungelson, L.R., Tornambé, A. 2015, MNRAS 452, 2897. He-accreting WDs: AM CVn stars with WD donors.

Rajesh, S.R., Rakesh Chandran, S.B. 2015, MNRAS 452, 3346. Transition of accretion flow from Keplerian phase to advective phase as a dynamical system.

Repetto, S., Nelemans, G. 2015, MNRAS 453, 3341. Constraining the formation of BHs in short-period BH LMXBs.

Schwarz, R. et al. (4 authors) 2015, MNRAS 453, 2308. Eclipse-timing variations to detect possible Trojan planets in binary systems.

Shi, C-S., Zhang, S.-N., Li, X.-D. 2015, ApJ 813, 91. (8d) Estimate of NS magnetic fields using new model.

Siegel, D.M., Ciolfi, R. 2016, ApJ 819 (1), 14. EM emssion from NS merger remnants I: Formation. (8a)

Siegel, D.M., Ciolfi, R. 2016, ApJ 819 (1), 15. EM emssion from NS merger remnants II: LCs and spectra. (8a)

Smak, J. 2016, AcA 66, 75. Superhumps and their evolution during superoutbursts.

Song, H.F. et al. (5 authors) 2016, A&A 585, A120. (8c) Massive star evolution in CBs. Conditions for homogeneous chemical evolution.

Soraisam, M.D., Gilfanov, M. 2015, A&A 583, A140. Constraining the role of novae as progenitors of type Ia SNe.

Tokovinin, A. 2015, AJ 150, 177. Detection of spectroscopic subsystems in wide binaries within 67 pc of the sun, mainly companions to binaries' secondary components.

Tong, M.-L. et al. (7 authors) 2016, RAA 16, 13. Imprints of relic gravitational waves on pulsar timing.

Udalski, A. et al. (13 authors) 2016 AcA, 65, 341. EBs with classical Cepheid component in the Magellanic system.

Valle, G. et al. (4 authors) 2016, A&A 587, A16. (9) Calibrating convective-core overshooting with EB systems. The case of low-mass main-sequence stars.

Valle, G. et al. (4 authors) 2016, A&A 587, A31. (9) A statistical test on the reliability of the non-coevality of stars in binary systems.

van der Helm, E., Zwart, S.P., Pols, O. 2016, MNRAS 455, 462. Simulations of the tidal interaction and mass transfer of a star in an eccentric orbit around an intermediate-mass BH: the case of HLX-1.

Varghese, B.A., Srinivasa Rao, M. 2016, ApSS 361, 92. Irradiation effects in CBs in an electron scattering medium.

Völschow, M. et al. (4 authors) 2016, A&A 587, A34. Eclipsing time variations in CBs: Planetary hypothesis vs. Applegate mechanism.

Wang, B. et al. (6 authors) 2015, A&A 584, A37. (8c) Super-Eddington wind scenario for the progenitors of type Ia SNe: Accreting He-rich matter onto WDs.

Wang, J. 2016, AN 337, 254. NS high-mass binaries as the origin of SGR/AXP.

Wielgus, M. et al. (4 authors) 2016, A&A 587, A38. (8b) Limits on thickness and efficiency of Polish doughnuts in application to ULX sources.

Wijnands, R. et al. (8 authors) 2015, MNRAS 454, 1371. Low-level accretion in NS x-ray binaries.

Woods, T.E., Gilfanov, M. 2016, MNRAS 455, 1770. Where are all of the nebulae ionized by supersoft x-ray sources?

Wu, X., Huang, G. 2015, MNRAS 452, 3167. Ruling out chaos in comparable-mass compact binary systems with one body spinning.

Xie, F-G., Yuan, F. 2016, MNRAS 456, 4377. Interpreting the radio/x-ray correlation of BH x-ray binaries based on the accretion-jet model.

Yao, X. et al. (12 authors) 2015, AJ 150, 107. Variables from Tsinghua-NAOC transient survey include 431 binaries, 67 showing O'Connell effect, some newly discovered.

Ye, Y.-C. et al. (4 authors) 2016, RAA 16, 4. A magnetic model for low/hard state of BH binaries.

Yoon, DS., Zdziarski, A.A., Heinz, S. 2016, MNRAS 456, 3638. Formation of recollimation shocks in jets of HMXBs.

Young, M.D., Clarke, C.J. 2015, MNRAS 452, 3085. Binary accretion rates: dependence on temperature and mass ratio.

Zhou, W.-H. et al. (5 authors) 2015, RAA 15, 1701. Binary population synthesis for the core-degenerate scenario of type Ia SN progenitors.

Zolotukhin, I. et al. (5 authors) 2016, ApJ 817 (2), 88. Hyperluminous x-ray objects (HLX) in the galaxy. (1x*,9)

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