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SWIFT J1626.6-5156 is an X-ray pulsar that was discovered in December 2005 during an X-ray outburst. Although the X-ray data suggest that the system is a high-mass X-ray binary, very little information exists on the nature of the optical…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2015-05-28 P. Reig , E. Nespoli , J. Fabregat , R. Mennickent

We report the discovery of a 1--5~Hz X-ray flaring phenomenon observed at $>30$~mCrab near peak luminosity in the 2008 and 2011 outbursts of the accreting millisecond X-ray pulsar SAX J1808.4--3658 in observations with the \textit{Rossi…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2014-06-24 Peter Bult , Michiel van der Klis

We discuss the spectral and timing properties of the accreting millisecond X-ray pulsar SWIFT J1756.9-2508 observed by XMM-Newton, NICER and NuSTAR during the X-ray outburst occurred in April 2018. The spectral properties of the source are…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2018-09-05 A. Sanna , F. Pintore , A. Riggio , S. M. Mazzola , E. Bozzo , T. Di Salvo , C. Ferrigno , A. F. Gambino , A. Papitto , R. Iaria , L. Burderi

We present the results obtained from timing and spectral studies of the accretion powered X-ray pulsar 2S~1417-624 during a giant outburst in 2009 by using {\it Rossi X-ray Timing Explorer (RXTE)} observations. X-ray pulsations were…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2018-07-25 Shivangi Gupta , Sachindra Naik , Gaurava K. Jaisawal , Prahlad R. Epili

The November 1999 outburst of the transient pulsar SAX J2103.5+4545 was monitored with the large area detectors of the Rossi X-Ray Timing Explorer until the pulsar faded after a year. The 358 s pulsar was spun up for 150 days, at which…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-07 A. Baykal , M. J. Stark , J. H. Swank

We studied the broadband X-ray timing and spectral behaviors of the newly confirmed accreting millisecond X-ray pulsar MAXI J1816$-$195 during its 2022 outburst. We used the data from Insight-HXMT ME/HE, NICER and NuSTAR which cover the…

We present the results obtained from timing and spectral studies of the newly discovered accreting X-ray binary pulsar Swift J0243.6+6124 using a NuSTAR observation in 2017 October at a flux level of ~280 mCrab. Pulsations at 9.85423(5) s…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2017-11-30 Gaurava K. Jaisawal , Sachindra Naik , J. Chenevez

The Be/X-ray binary pulsar RX J0440.9+4431 underwent a giant outburst in late 2022 and lasted three months. The Insight-HXMT has observed this source at several instances of the entire outburst in 2022-2023. We used these bright outburst…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2025-09-17 Prahlad R. Epili , Wei Wang

We present a detailed timing and spectral analysis of the Be X-ray binary SWJ2000.6+3210 discovered by the BAT Galactic plane survey. Two Suzaku observations of the source made at six months interval, reveal pulsations at ~ 890s for both…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2015-06-16 Pragati Pradhan , Chandreyee Maitra , Biswajit Paul , B. C. Paul

The blazar S5 0716+714 has been monitored in its flaring state between 2015 January 19 and February 22 with Swift/XRT. During this period an exceptional flux level was observed in the X-ray range as well as in the other wavelengths, e.g.…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2016-02-18 Alicja Wierzcholska , Hubert Siejkowski

We report on continued monitoring of the Anomalous X-ray pulsar (AXP) 1E 1048.1-5937 using the Rossi X-ray Timing Explorer. We confirm that this pulsar has exhibited significant pulsed flux variability. The principal features of this…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-10 Fotis P. Gavriil , Victoria M. Kaspi

We study the recently discovered Be/X-ray pulsar MAXI J0655--013 using the 2022 \emph{NuSTAR} observations. The paper is the first detailed study of the timing and spectral properties of the source. The pulse profiles of the pulsar vary…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2023-07-12 Binay Rai , Mohammed Tobrej , Manoj Ghising , Ruchi Tamang , Bikash Chandra Paul

Time-domain analysis of an archival XMM-Newton observation unveiled a very unusual variability pattern in the soft X-ray emission of PSR J1311-3430, a black widow millisecond pulsar in a tight binary (P_B=93.8 min) with a very low-mass…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2022-11-16 Andrea De Luca , Martino Marelli , Sandro Mereghetti , Ruben Salvaterra , Roberto Mignani , Andrea Belfiore

After nearly a decade of quiescence, the transient Be/X-ray binary pulsar RX J0520.5-6932 underwent an outburst in 2024. We performed X-ray monitoring of the source with NICER and AstroSat near the peak of the event. Our primary objective…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2026-02-27 Rahul Sharma , Aru Beri , Biswajit Paul , Andrea Sanna , Chandreyee Maitra , Haonan Yang

Swift J1626.6-5156 is a Be/X-ray binary that was in outburst from December 2005 until November 2008. We have examined RXTE/PCA and HEXTE spectra of three long observations of this source taken early in its outburst, when the PCA 2-20 keV…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2015-06-12 Megan E. DeCesar , Patricia T. Boyd , Katja Pottschmidt , Jörn Wilms , Slawomir Suchy , M. Coleman Miller

The 2011 outburst of Swift J1822.3--1606 was extraordinary; periodic modulations at the spin period of the underlying neutron star were clearly visible, remarkably similar to what is observed during the decaying tail of magnetar giant…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2015-09-29 Manoneeta Chakraborty , Ersin Gogus

We present a comprehensive timing analysis on the Be/X-ray binary pulsar RX J0440.9+4431 using observations from \textit{NICER} and \textit{Insight}-HXMT during the 2022--2023 outburst. The power density spectrum (PDS) of RX J0440.9+4431…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2024-02-23 P. P. Li , L. Tao , R. C. Ma , M. Y. Ge , Q. C. Zhao , S. J. Zhao , L. Zhang , Q. C. Bu , L. D. Kong , Y. L. Tuo , L. Ji , S. Zhang , J. L. Qu , S. N. Zhang , Y. Huang , X. Ma , W. T. Ye , Q. C. Shui

We report results from simultaneous radio and X-ray observations of PSR B0611+22 which is known to exhibit bursting in its single-pulse emission. The pulse phase of the bursts vary with radio frequency. The bursts are correlated in…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2016-08-31 Kaustubh Rajwade , Andrew Seymour , Duncan R Lorimer , Aris Karastergiou , Maciej Serylak , Maura A McLaughlin , Jean M Griessmeier

We report a major outburst from the Anomalous X-ray Pulsar 1E 2259+586, in which over 80 X-ray bursts were detected in four hours using the Rossi X-ray Timing Explorer. The bursts range in duration from 2 ms to 3 s and have fluences in the…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-07 V. M. Kaspi , F. P. Gavriil , P. M. Woods , J. B. Jensen , M. S. E. Roberts , D. Chakrabarty

We present the timing and spectral studies of the Be/X-ray binary XTE J1946+274 during its 2018 and 2021 giant outbursts using observations with the SXT and the LAXPC instruments on the AstroSat satellite. Unlike the 1998 and 2010…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2023-02-08 Amar Deo Chandra , Jayashree Roy , P. C. Agrawal
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