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Rapid UBVRI photometry of this ultracompact LMXB pulsar has detected 7.67 s optical pulsations in all five bands. The optical pulsations, which are at the same frequency as the X-ray pulsations, are understood as reprocessing of pulsed…

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We analyze the cross-correlation function between the soft and hard X-rays of atoll source 4U 1735-44 with RXTE data, and find the anti-correlated soft and hard time lags of about hecto-second. On the island state, the observations do not…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2015-06-12 Ya-Juan Lei , Hao-Tong Zhang , Cheng-Min Zhang , Jin-Lu Qu , Hai-Long Yuan , Yi-Qiao Dong , Yong-Heng Zhao , De-Hua Wang , Hong-Xing Yin , Li-Ming Song

XMM-Newton EPIC observations have revealed a bright point-like X-ray source in the nearby Magellanic-type galaxy NGC 55. At the distance of NGC 55, the maximum observed X-ray luminosity of the source, designated as XMMU J001528.9-391319, is…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-10 A-M. Stobbart , T. P. Roberts , R. S. Warwick

Gamma ray burst (GRB) optical and X-ray afterglow luminosity is expected to correlate with the GRB isotropic equivalent kinetic energy of the outflow in the standard synchrotron model for GRB afterglows. Previous studies, using prompt GRB…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2015-02-17 David Coward , Eric Howell , Linfeng Wan , Damien Macpherson

We report the results of a one year Swift X-ray/UV/optical programme monitoring the dwarf Seyfert nucleus in NGC 4395 in 2008-2009. The UV/optical flux from the nucleus was found to vary dramatically over the monitoring period, with a…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2015-06-04 D. T. Cameron , I. Mc Hardy , T. Dwelly , E. Breedt , P. Uttley , P. Lira , P. Arevalo

We study relations between the X-ray luminosity, orbital period and absolute near-infrared magnitude of persistent low-mass X-ray binaries (LMXBs). We show that often optical and near-infrared spectral energy distribution of LMXBs can be…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2015-06-03 M. Revnivtsev , I. Zolotukhin , A. Meshcheryakov

We investigated the decades' long-term X-ray variations in bright low-mass X-ray binaries containing a neutron star (NS-LMXB). The light curves of MAXI/GSC and RXTE/ASM covers $\sim$ 26 yr, and high-quality X-ray light curves are obtained…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2022-07-20 Kazumi Asai , Tatehiro Mihara , Masaru Matsuoka

Highly ionized X-ray wind signatures have been found in the soft states of high-inclination Black Hole Low Mass X-ray Binaries (BHLMXBs) for more than two decades. Yet signs of a systematic evolution of the outflow itself along the outburst…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2025-09-24 M. Parra , S. Bianchi , P. -O. Petrucci , T. Bouchet , M. Shidatsu , F. Capitanio , Michal Dovciak , T. D. Russell , V. E. Gianolli , F. Carotenuto

In this study, we analysed about $\sim$13 years of publicly available data from MAXI and Swift/BAT to examine the long-term source evolution of 42 transient low-mass X-ray binaries. The sample consists of 11 confirmed black hole X-ray…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2026-02-25 Prakhar Maheshwari , Mayukh Pahari , Anish Sarkar , Saurabh Sharma

The ultraluminous X-ray source (ULX) Holmberg II X-1 has been observed over 4 months in 2009/2010 by the Swift observatory. The source luminosity varied by a factor of up to 14, reaching a maximum 0.3-10 keV luminosity of ~3.0E40 erg/s. The…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2010-11-11 Fabien Grisé , Philip Kaaret , Hua Feng , Jari Kajava , Sean Farrell

Using the cross-spectral method, we confirm the existence of the X-ray hard lags discovered with cross-correlation function technique during a large flare of Mrk 421 observed with BeppoSAX . For the 0.1--2 versus 2--10keV light curves, both…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-07 Y. H. Zhang

We present results from a study of short term variability in 19 archival observations by XMM-Newton of 16 Ultraluminous X-ray Sources (ULXs). Eight observations (six sources) showed intrinsic variability with power spectra in the form of…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2015-05-13 L. M. Heil , S. Vaughan , T. P. Roberts

Using results of Chandra observations of old stellar systems in eleven nearby galaxies of various morphological types and the census of LMXBs in the Milky Way, we study the population of low mass X-ray binaries and their relation to the…

Astrophysics · Physics 2008-11-26 M. Gilfanov

We present a comparative study of the observed properties of the optical and X-ray afterglows of short- and long-duration gamma-ray bursts (GRBs). Using a large sample of 37 short and 421 long GRBs, we find a strong correlation between the…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-08-05 M. Nysewander , A. S. Fruchter , A. Pe'er

We use both time-domain and Fourier techniques to study the correlated optical and X-rays variability in the black hole X-ray nova XTE J1118+480. Its X-ray timing properties, such as the shape of the X-ray power spectrum and…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-07 J. Malzac , T. Belloni , H. C. Spruit , G. Kanbach

The first X-ray source catalog of Insight-HXMT Galactic Plane (|b|<10deg) Scanning Survey (GPSS) is presented based on the data accumulated from June 2017 to August 2021. The 4 yr limit sensitivities at main energy bands can reach…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2023-04-12 Chen Wang , Jin-Yuan Liao , Ju Guan , Yuan Liu , Cheng-Kui Li , Na Sai , Qi Luo , Jing Jin , Yi Nang , Shuang-Nan Zhang

We report spectral analysis of the persistent black hole X-ray binary, 4U 1957+115, using AstroSat, Swift and NuSTAR observations carried out between 2016-2019. Modelling with a disk emission, thermal comptonization and blurred reflection…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2022-10-26 Sneha Prakash Mudambi , S. B. Gudennavar , R. Misra , S. G. Bubbly

We study the Log(N)-Log(S) and X-ray luminosity function in the 2-10 keV energy band, and the spatial (3-D) distribution of bright, log(L_X) > 34-35 erg/s, X-ray binaries in the Milky Way. In agreement with theoretical expectations and…

Astrophysics · Physics 2011-06-21 H. -J. Grimm , M. Gilfanov , R. Sunyaev

We present a comprehensive spectro-temporal analysis of five ultraluminous X-ray sources (ULXs) with central object likely being a black hole, using archival {\it XMM-Newton} observations. These sources, namely NGC 1313 X-1, NGC 5408 X-1,…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2023-09-21 Seshadri Majumder , Santabrata Das , Vivek. K. Agrawal , Anuj Nandi

The X-ray persistence and characteristically soft spectrum of the black hole X-ray binary LMC X-3 make this source a touchstone for penetrating studies of accretion physics. We analyze a rich, 10-year collection of optical/infrared (OIR)…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2015-06-18 James F. Steiner , Jeffrey E. McClintock , Jerome A. Orosz , Michelle M. Buxton , Charles D. Bailyn , Ronald A. Remillard , Erin Kara