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In this Letter we present results from INTEGRAL and RXTE observations of the spectral and timing behavior of the High Mass X-ray Binary A 0535+26 during its August/September 2005 normal (type I) outburst with an average flux…

We report on a 25 ks observation of the 8.7 s anomalous X-ray pulsar 4U~0142+61 with the High Energy Transmission Grating Spectrometer (HETGS) on the Chandra X-ray Observatory. The continuum spectrum is consistent with previous measurements…

We report on our analysis of the 2019 outburst of the X-ray accreting pulsar 4U 1901+03 observed with Insight-HXMT and NICER. Both spectra and pulse profiles evolve significantly in the decaying phase of the outburst. Dozens of flares are…

We report the finding of an unusual, weak precursor to a thermonuclear X-ray burst from the accreting millisecond pulsar SAX J1808.4-3658. The burst in question was observed on Oct. 19, 2002 with the Rossi X-Ray Timing Explorer (RXTE)…

Astrophysics · Physics 2008-11-26 Sudip Bhattacharyya , Tod E. Strohmayer

The magnetar SGR J1935+2154 underwent a new active episode on 2020 April 27-28, when a forest of hundreds of X-ray bursts and a large enhancement of the persistent flux were detected. For the first time, a radio burst with properties…

We report the temporal and spectral analysis of three thermonuclear X-ray bursts from 4U 1608-52, observed by the Neutron Star Interior Composition Explorer (NICER) during and just after the outburst observed from the source in 2020. In two…

We report on two years of flux and spin evolution monitoring of 1E 1048.1$-$5937, a 6.5-s X-ray pulsar identified as a magnetar. Using {\it Swift} XRT data, we observed an X-ray outburst consisting of an increase in the persistent 1--10 keV…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2015-06-23 R. F. Archibald , V. M. Kaspi , C. -Y. Ng , P. Scholz , A. P. Beardmore , N. Gehrels , J. A. Kennea

We present a study of two X-ray bursters in the Galactic Center field with the ART-P telescope onboard GRANAT. During 1990-1992 approximately 100 X-ray bursts were detected from the Galactic Center field and most of them were identified…

Astrophysics · Physics 2007-05-23 A. A. Lutovinov , S. A. Grebenev , M. N. Pavlinsky , R. A. Sunyaev

We model the pulse profiles and the phase resolved spectra of the anomalous X-ray pulsar 1E 1048.1-5937 obtained with XMM-Newton to map its surface temperature distribution during an active and a quiescent epoch. We develop and apply a…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2015-06-23 Tolga Guver , Ersin Gogus , Feryal Ozel

On 2025 January 10, a thermonuclear (Type I) X-ray burst from the neutron star low-mass X-ray binary \textit{4U~0614+091} was detected with the ECLAIRs instrument on board the \textit{SVOM} mission. We present here a time-resolved…

The emission of Anomalous X-ray Pulsars (AXPs) and Soft Gamma-Ray Repeaters (SGRs) is believed to be powered by the dissipation of their strong magnetic fields, which coined the name `magnetar'. By combining timing and energy observational…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2024-08-20 Guojun Qiao , Lunhua Shang , Renxin Xu , Kejia Lee , Yongquan Xue , Qijun Zhi , Jiguang Lu , Juntao Bai

The energy source powering the X-ray emission from anomalous X-ray pulsars (AXPs) and soft gamma-ray repeaters (SGRs) is still uncertain. In one scenario, the presence of an ultramagnetized neutron star, or ``magnetar'', with B on the order…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-06 Rosalba Perna , Jeremy Heyl , Lars Hernquist , Adrienne Juett , Deepto Chakrabarty

The low energy (<10 keV) X-ray emission of the Soft Gamma-ray Repeater SGR1806-20 has been studied by means of four XMM-Newton observations carried out in the last two years, the latter performed in response to a strong sequence of hard…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-10 S. Mereghetti , A. Tiengo , P. Esposito , D. Gotz , L. Stella , G. L. Israel , N. Rea , M. Feroci , R. Turolla , S . Zane , -

The Rossi X-ray Timing Explorer (RXTE) spacecraft observed the X-ray pulsar GX 1+4 for a period of 34 hours on July 19/20 1996. The source faded from an intensity of ~20 mCrab to a minimum of <~0.7 mCrab and then partially recovered towards…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-10-31 A. B. Giles , D. K. Galloway , J. G. Greenhill , M. C. Storey , C. A. Wilson

We present a detailed spectro-temporal study of the Be X-ray binary pulsar $1A$ $1118-61$ during its brightest recorded outburst in 2026, using \textit{Swift} and \textit{NuSTAR} observations, and compare its properties with the 2009…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2026-05-19 Kinjal Roy , Aru Beri , Rahul Sharma , Phil Charles

SGR J1550-5418 (previously known as AXP 1E 1547.0-5408 or PSR J1550-5418) went into three active bursting episodes in 2008 October and in 2009 January and March, emitting hundreds of typical Soft Gamma Repeater (SGR) bursts in soft…

After a long quiescence of three decades, the transient X-ray pulsar 4U 1901+03 became highly active in 2003 February. From the analysis of a large number of Rossi X-ray Timing Explorer/ Proportional Counter Array (RXTE/PCA) observations of…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2015-05-19 Marykutty James , Biswajit Paul , Jincy Devasia , Kavila Indulekha

We present results from an observation of the Low Mass X-ray Binary 4U 1636-536 obtained with the LAXPC instrument aboard AstroSat. The observations of 4U 1636-536 made during the performance verification phase of AstroSat showed seven…

Two energetic hard X-ray bursts have recently triggered the Fermi and Swift space observatories from the rotation powered pulsar, PSR J1119-6127. We have performed in depth spectral and temporal analyses of these two events. Our extensive…

In this study, we report partly simultaneous XMM-Newton and NuSTAR observations of the bursting, dipping low mass X-ray binary, 4U 1323-62 obtained in 2024. 4U 1323-62 is one of the well-known persistent bursters, with bursts occurring…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2026-05-13 Tugba Boztepe , Tolga Guver , Ersin Gogus , Diego Altamirano , Julia Speicher , Brian Luff , David R. Ballantyne