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X-ray polarimetry missions like IXPE will be able to measure for the first time the polarization properties of accreting, weakly magnetized neutron stars in Low Mass X-ray Binaries. In this work we present simulations of the expected X-ray…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2022-06-06 Andrea Gnarini , Francesco Ursini , Giorgio Matt , Stefano Bianchi , Fiamma Capitanio , Massimo Cocchi , Ruben Farinelli , Wenda Zhang

Estimations of magnetic fields of neutron stars, observed as radio and X-ray pulsars, are discussed. It is shown, that theoretical and observational values for different types of radiopulsars are in good correspondence. Radiopulsars in…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2016-01-18 G. S. Bisnovatyi-Kogan

We have measured the wavelength-dependent lags between the X-ray, UV and optical bands in the high accretion rate ($L/L_{\rm Edd}\approx40\%$) Active Galactic Nucleus Mrk 110 during two intensive monitoring campaigns in February and…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2022-02-09 F. M. Vincentelli , I. McHardy , V. Hernández Santisteban , E. M. Cackett , J. Gelbord , Keith Horne , J. A. Miller , A. Lobban

We investigate the dependence of pulse amplitudes of accreting millisecond pulsars on the masses of the neutron stars. Because the pulsation amplitudes are suppressed as the neutron stars become more massive, the probability of detection of…

Astrophysics · Physics 2011-02-11 Feryal Ozel

Since the opacity of a magnetized plasma depends on polarization of radiation, the radiation emergent from atmospheres of neutron stars with strong magnetic fields is expected to be strongly polarized. The degree of linear polarization,…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-10-31 G. G. Pavlov , V. E. Zavlin

The analysis of distributions of some parameters of radio pulsars emitting X-ray radiation was carried out. The majority of such pulsars has short spin periods with the average value $< P >$ = 133 msec. The distribution of period…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2019-04-10 Igor F. Malov , Maria A. Timirkeeva

The gravitational-wave and accretion driven evolution of neutron stars in low mass X-ray binaries and similar systems is analyzed, while the amplitude of the radiating perturbation (here assumed to be an r-mode) remains small. If most of…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-06 Robert V. Wagoner , Joseph F. Hennawi , Jingsong Liu

X-ray luminosity function derived from observations of X-ray sources in galactic bulges can be explained by prinicipal evolutionary relations for mass accretion rate onto the compact object. The observed mean distribution of individual…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-10 K. A. Postnov , A. G. Kuranov

We calculate the pulsed fraction (PF) of the super-critical column accretion flows onto magnetized neutron stars (NSs), of which the magnetic axis is misaligned with the rotation axis, based on the simulation results by Kawashima et…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2020-03-18 Akihiro Inoue , Ken Ohsuga , Tomohisa Kawashima

Thermal emission from the surface of an ultramagnetic neutron star is believed to contribute significantly to the soft X-ray flux of the Anomalous X-ray Pulsars. We compare the detailed predictions of models of the surface emission from a…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-06 Feryal Ozel , Dimitrios Psaltis , Victoria M. Kaspi

The pulse shapes simulated in the accompanying paper Part $-$ I are compared with observations of a model binary accreting X-ray pulsar, Centaurus X-3. With known Cen X-3 inclination angles provided as input to the $\texttt{AXP4}$ code, the…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2024-08-15 Parisee S. Shirke , Gulab C. Dewangan

The general properties of the non-thermal non-pulsed X-ray emission of rotation powered pulsars are investigated in the context of a pulsar wind nebula model. An examination of the observed X-ray emission from a sample of 23 pulsars from…

Astrophysics · Physics 2016-08-30 K. S. Cheng , Ronald E. Taam , W. Wang

X-ray bursts are thermonuclear flashes on the surface of accreting neutron stars and reliable burst models are needed to interpret observations in terms of properties of the neutron star and the binary system. We investigate the dependence…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2016-10-19 R. H. Cyburt , A. M. Amthor , A. Heger , E. Johnson , L. Keek , Z. Meisel , H. Schatz , K. Smith

Numerous X-ray bursts show strong oscillations in their flux at several hundred Hz as revealed by RXTE. Analyzing one such oscillation from the X-ray binary Aql X-1, I find that low energy photons (3.5-5.7 keV) lag high energy photons (>5.7…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-10-31 Eric C. Ford

4U 1822-371 is one of the proto-type accretion disk coronal sources with an orbital period of about 5.6 hours. The binary is viewed almost edge-on at a high inclination angle of 83 degrees, which makes it a unique candidate to study binary…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2015-05-19 Li Ji , Norbert S. Schulz , Michael A. Nowak , Claude R. Canizares

X-ray emission is a common feature of all varieties of isolated neutron stars (INS) and, thanks to the advent of sensitive instruments with good spectroscopic, timing, and imaging capabilities, X-ray observations have become an essential…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2015-05-19 Sandro Mereghetti

A model is proposed for the observed combination of power-law and thermal emission of keV X-rays from rotationally powered pulsars. For gamma-ray pulsars with accelerators very many stellar radii above the neutron star surface, 100 MeV…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-10-30 F. Y. -H. Wang , M. Ruderman , J. P. Halpern , T. Zhu

In the fallback disk model for the persistent emission of Anomalous X-ray pulsars (AXPs) and soft gamma-ray repeaters (SGRs), the hard X-ray emission arises from bulk- and thermal Comptonization of bremsstrahlung photons, which are…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2015-06-18 N. D. Kylafis , J. E. Truemper , U. Ertan

Accreting neutron stars (NSs) are expected to emit a redshifted 2.2 MeV line due to the capture of neutrons produced through the spallation processes of $^4$He and heavier ions in their atmospheres. Detecting this emission would offer an…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2024-09-10 L. Ducci , A. Santangelo , S. Tsygankov , A. Mushtukov , C. Ferrigno

Recent works highlight the importance of stellar X-rays on the evolution of the circumstellar disks of young stellar objects, especially for disk photoevaporation. A signature of this process may be seen in the so far tentatively observed…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2021-04-28 Stefan Flaischlen , Thomas Preibisch , Carlo Felice Manara , Barbara Ercolano
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