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Mass ratio in SS433 revisited

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We revisit the determination of binary mass ratio in the Galactic microquasar SS433 based on recent GRAVITY VLTI measurements of mass and angular momentum outflow through a circumbinary disc. The new observations combined with the constancy of the binary orbital period over $\sim 30$ yrs confirm that the mass ratio in SS433 is $q=M_\mathrm{x}/M_\mathrm{v}\gtrsim 0.6$. For the assumed optical star mass $M_\mathrm{v}$ ranging from $\sim 8$ to 15 $M_\odot$ such a mass ratio suggests a low limit of the compact object mass of $M_\mathrm{x}\sim 5-9 M_\odot$, placing the compact object in SS433 as a stellar-mass black hole.

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Little Red Dots as Supermassive Analogs of SS 433

astro-ph.HE · 2026-06-19 · unverdicted · novelty 6.0

LRDs are interpreted as high-inclination hyper-Eddington accreting SMBHs analogous to SS 433, with V-shaped SEDs, X-ray weakness, and Balmer breaks emerging from disk self-shielding geometry.

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  • Little Red Dots as Supermassive Analogs of SS 433 astro-ph.HE · 2026-06-19 · unverdicted · none · ref 4 · internal anchor

    LRDs are interpreted as high-inclination hyper-Eddington accreting SMBHs analogous to SS 433, with V-shaped SEDs, X-ray weakness, and Balmer breaks emerging from disk self-shielding geometry.