The Astrophysics Research Institute (ARI) was established at LJMU in 1992. Today the Institute comprises around 70 staff and research students working on topics...
On the Triple Nature of the Cataclysmic Variable VY Sculptoris
The study of the Balmer radial velocity curve of the cataclysmic variable (CV) VY Scl has revealed a new value for the orbital period (0.232 days), which...
Optical novae: the major class of supersoft X-ray sources in M 31
We searched for X-ray counterparts of optical novae detected in M 31 and M 33. We combined an optical nova catalogue from the WeCAPP survey with optical novae...
Optical studies of V404 Cyg, the X-ray transient GS2023 + 338. I - The 1989 outburst and decline
The results of optical spectroscopy and photometry of V404Cyg, the optical counterpart of the recently discovered X-ray transient GS2023 + 338, are presented...
Optical studies of V404 Cyg, the X-ray transient GS2023 + 338. II - High-resolution H-alpha spectroscopy in quiescence
Results of high-resolution optical spectroscopy of V404 Cyg (the optical counterpart of the X-ray transient GS2023 + 338), conducted 13 months after the May...
Optical, X-ray, and γ-ray observations of the candidate transitional millisecond pulsar 4FGL J0427.8-6704
We present an optical, X-ray, and γ-ray study of 1SXPS J042749.2-670434, an eclipsing X-ray binary that has an associated γ-ray counterpart, 4FGL J0427.8-6704...
Orbital periods of cataclysmic variables identified by the SDSS - III. Time-series photometry obtained during the 2004/5 International Time Project on La Palma
We present time-resolved CCD photometry of 15 cataclysmic variables (CVs) identified by the Sloan Digital Sky Survey (SDSS). The data were obtained as part of...