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We present an INTEGRAL observation of the Cen-Crux region in order to search the electron cyclotron resonance scattering features from the X-ray binary pulsars. During the AO1 200ks observation, we clearly detected 4 bright X-ray binaries,…

Astrophysics · Physics 2007-05-23 Y. Okada , H. Niko , M. Kokubun , K. Makishima , M. Nakajima , T. Mihara , Y. Terada , F. Nagase , Y. Tanaka

General relativity predicts the spacetime metric around an astrophysical black hole to be described by the Kerr solution, which is a massive rotating black hole without any residual charge. In a previous paper, we analyzed the NuSTAR…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2026-01-06 Ashutosh Tripathi , Swarnim Shashank , Gitika Mall , Askar Abdikamalov

The class-transition Galactic X-ray binary IGR~J17091--3624 was simultaneously monitored by the \textit{IXPE} and \textit{NuSTAR} satellites. We present a detailed spectro-polarimetric study of the source using data from both satellites…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2025-07-15 Dipak Debnath , Subham Srimani , Hsiang-Kuang Chang

High-mass X-ray binaries (HMXBs) are a particular class of high-energy sources that require multi-wavelength observational efforts to be properly characterised. New identifications and the refinement of previous measurements are regularly…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2023-03-22 Francis Fortin , Federico Garcia , Adolfo Simaz-Bunzel , Sylvain Chaty

The extent of the accretion disk in the low/hard state of stellar mass black hole X-ray binaries remains an open question. There are some evidence suggesting that the inner accretion disk is truncated and replaced by a hot flow, while the…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2017-07-26 H. Stiele , A. K. H. Kong

We report on the \nustar{} observation of the Z-type neutron star low-mass X-ray binary Cygnus X--2 performed on 7 January 2015. During this observation, the source exhibited sudden decrease in count rate (dips) and stronger variability in…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2017-12-27 Aditya S. Mondal , Gulab C. Dewangan , Mayukh Pahari , Biplab Raychaudhuri

Suzaku observations are presented for the high-mass X-ray binaries IGR J16207-5129 and IGR J17391-3021 (=XTE J1739-302). For IGR J16207-5129, we provide the first X-ray broadband (0.5--60 keV) spectrum from which we confirm a large…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2015-06-03 A. Bodaghee , J. A. Tomsick , J. Rodriguez , S. Chaty , K. Pottschmidt , R. Walter , P. Romano

We have performed a comprehensive spectral and timing analysis of the first NuSTAR observation of the high-mass X-ray binary 4U 1538-522. The observation covers the X-ray eclipse of the source, plus the eclipse ingress and egress. We use…

X-ray observations of the Galactic X-ray binaries (XRB) revealed numerous highly ionized metal absorption lines. However, it is unclear whether such lines are produced by the hot interstellar medium (ISM) or the circumstellar medium (CSM)…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2015-06-18 Yang Luo , Taotao Fang

High-Mass X-ray Binaries (HMXBs) offer a unique opportunity for the investigation of accretion onto compact objects and of wind structure in massive stars. A key source for such studies is the bright neutron star HMXB Vela X-1 whose…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2023-06-21 C. M. Diez , V. Grinberg , F. Fürst , I. El Mellah , M. Zhou , A. Santangelo , S. Martínez-Núñez , R. Amato , N. Hell , P. Kretschmar

We present results from a coordinated $XMM$-$Newton$+$NuSTAR$ observation of the type 1.8 Seyfert galaxy IRAS 13197-1627. This is a highly complex source, with strong contributions from relativistic reflection from the inner accretion disk,…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2017-12-06 D. J. Walton , M. Brightman , G. Risaliti , A. C. Fabian , F. Fuerst , F. A. Harrison , A. Lohfink , G. Matt , G. Miniutti , M. L. Parker , D. Stern

Mergers of galaxies are a ubiquitous phenomenon in the Universe and represent a natural consequence of the ``bottom-up'' mass accumulation and galaxy evolution cosmological paradigm. It is generally accepted that the peak of AGN accretion…

We present NuSTAR hard X-ray observations of two X-ray weak broad absorption line (BAL) quasars, PG 1004+130 (radio loud) and PG 1700+518 (radio quiet). Many BAL quasars appear X-ray weak, probably due to absorption by the shielding gas…

Supergiant high mass X-ray binaries (SGXBs) are believed to be rare objects, as stars in the supergiant phase have a very short lifetime and to date only about a dozen of them have been discovered. They are known to be persistent and bright…

The persistent BeXRBs are a class of High-Mass X-ray Binaries (HMXRBs), which are characterized by persistent low X-ray luminosities ($L_{\rm X} \sim 10^{34}$ erg s$^{-1}$) and wide ($P_{\rm orb} >$ 30 d), almost circular orbits. In these…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2024-11-25 N. La Palombara , L. Sidoli , S. Mereghetti , G. L. Israel , P. Esposito , INAF - IASF Milano , INAF - OA Roma , IUSS Pavia

We present the first joint spectral and imaging analysis of hard X-ray (HXR) emission from 3 microflares observed by the Nuclear Spectroscopic Telescope ARray (NuSTAR) and Solar Orbiter/Spectrometer/Telescope for Imaging X-rays (STIX). We…

The X-ray burster 4U1850-087, located in the globular cluster NGC6712, is an ultracompact binary likely harbouring a degenerate companion.The source has been observed with INTEGRAL several times, during the monitoring of the Galactic plane,…

Astrophysics · Physics 2007-05-23 Lara Sidoli , Ada Paizis , Angela Bazzano , Sandro Mereghetti

The first millisecond X-ray variability phenomena from accreting compact objects have recently been discovered with the Rossi X-ray Timing Explorer. Three new phenomena are observed from low-mass X-ray binaries containing low-magnetic-field…

Astrophysics · Physics 2008-11-26 M. van der Klis

We present the first full catalog and science results for the NuSTAR serendipitous survey. The catalog incorporates data taken during the first 40 months of NuSTAR operation, which provide ~20Ms of effective exposure time over 331 fields,…