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Magnetic Inclination Evolution of Accreting Neutron Stars in Intermediate/Low-mass X-Ray Binaries [PDF]
The Astrophysical Journal, 2023 The magnetic inclination angle χ , namely the angle between the spin and magnetic axes of a neutron star, plays a vital role in its observational characteristics. However, there are few systematic investigations of its long-term evolution, especially for
Hao-ran Yang, Xiang-dong Li
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Spectral Energy Distributions of Southern Binary X-Ray Sources
The Astrophysical Journal Supplement Series, 2023 The rapid variability of X-ray binaries (XRBs) produces a wide range of X-ray states that are linked to activity across the electromagnetic spectrum. It is particularly challenging to study a sample of sources large enough to include all types in their ...
John M. Dickey +7 more
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An Optically Discovered Outburst from XTE J1859+226
The Astrophysical Journal, 2023 Using the Zwicky Transient Facility, in 2021 February we identified the first known outburst of the black hole X-ray transient XTE J1859+226 since its discovery in 1999. The outburst was visible at X-ray, UV, and optical wavelengths for less than 20 days,
Eric C. Bellm +15 more
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The Astrophysical Journal, 2023 The launch of the Imaging X-ray Polarimetry Explorer (IXPE) on 2021 December 9 has opened a new window in X-ray astronomy. We report here the results of the first IXPE observation of a weakly magnetized neutron star, GS 1826−238, performed on 2022 March ...
Fiamma Capitanio +96 more
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PSR J1953+1844 Probably Being the Descendant of an Ultracompact X-Ray Binary
The Astrophysical Journal Letters, 2023 PSR J1953+1844 (i.e., M71E) is a millisecond pulsar in a 53 minute binary orbit discovered by the Five-hundred-meter Aperture Spherical radio Telescope. The mass function from pulsar timing is 2.3 × 10 ^−7 M _⊙ .
Z. L. Yang +3 more
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Constraints on Neutron Star Structure from the Clocked X-Ray Burster 1RXS J180408.9−342058
The Astrophysical Journal, 2023 Type I X-ray bursts are rapid-brightening transient phenomena on the surfaces of accreting neutron stars (NSs). Some X-ray bursts, called clocked bursters, exhibit regular behavior with similar light-curve profiles in their burst sequences.
A. Dohi +5 more
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The Astrophysical Journal, 2023 We present temporal and time-resolved spectral analyses of all the thermonuclear X-ray bursts observed from the neutron star low-mass X-ray binary 4U 1728−34 with NICER from 2017 June to 2019 September.
Z. Funda Bostancı +14 more
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Simultaneous NICER and NuSTAR Observations of the Ultracompact X-Ray Binary 4U 0614+091
The Astrophysical Journal, 2023 We present the first joint NuSTAR and NICER observations of the ultracompact X-ray binary 4U 0614+091. This source shows quasiperiodic flux variations on the timescale of ∼days.
D. L. Moutard +15 more
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Investigating the Ultracompact X-Ray Binary Candidate SLX 1735-269 with NICER and NuSTAR
The Astrophysical JournalWe present two simultaneous NICER and NuSTAR observations of the ultracompact X-ray binary (UCXB) candidate SLX 1735−269 while the source was in two different spectral states. Using various reflection modeling techniques, we find that xillverCO , a model
D. L. Moutard +10 more
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Return of 4U 1730–22 after 49 yr Silence: The Outburst Properties Observed by NICER and Insight-HXMT
The Astrophysical Journal Letters, 2022 After 49 yr of quiescence, 4U 1730–22 became active and had two outbursts in 2021 and 2022; the onset and tail of the outbursts were observed by NICER, which give us a peerless opportunity to study the state transition and its underlying mechanism.
Yu-Peng Chen +12 more
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