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The spin of a black hole (BH) encodes information about its formation and evolution history. Yet the understanding of the distribution of BH spins in X-ray binaries (XBs), of the models used to measure spin, and of their impact on…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2025-09-04 Paul A. Draghis , Jon M. Miller , Laura Brenneman , Elisa Costantini , Luigi C. Gallo , Mark Reynolds , John A. Tomsick , Abderahmen Zoghbi

X-ray binaries, as bright local sources with short variability timescales for a wide range of accretion processes, represent ideal targets for high-resolution X-ray spectroscopy. In this chapter, we present a high-resolution X-ray spectral…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2023-04-13 Joey Neilsen , Nathalie Degenaar

We present spectra for 34 accretion-powered X-ray and one millisecond pulsars that were within the field of view of the INTEGRAL observatory over two years (December 2002 - January 2005) of its in-orbit operation and that were detected by…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-13 E. V. Filippova , S. S. Tsygankov , A. A. Lutovinov , R. A. Sunyaev

In the work we present the results of two deep broad-band observations of the poorly studied X-ray pulsar IGR J19294+1816 obtained with the NuSTAR observatory. The source was observed during Type I outburst and in the quiescent state. In…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2019-01-23 Sergey S. Tsygankov , Victor Doroshenko , Alexander A. Mushtukov , Alexander A. Lutovinov , Juri Poutanen

Observations of thermonuclear (Type I) X-ray bursts from neutron stars in low mass X-ray binaries (LMXB) with the Rossi X-ray Timing Explorer (RXTE) have revealed large amplitude, high coherence X-ray brightness oscillations with…

Astrophysics · Physics 2007-05-23 Tod E. Strohmayer

While iron emission lines are well studied in black hole systems, both in X-ray binaries and Active Galactic Nuclei, there has been less of a focus on these lines in neutron star low-mass X-ray binaries (LMXBs). However, recent observations…

We report on the NuSTAR observations of the neutron star low-mass X-ray binary Swift J174805.3-244637 (hereafter Swift~J17480) and the accreting millisecond X-ray pulsar IGR~J17511-3057 performed on March 4, 2023, and April 8, 2015,…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2025-01-09 Aditya S. Mondal , Mahasweta Bhattacharya , Mayukh Pahari , Biplab Raychaudhuri , Rohit Ghosh , Gulab C. Dewangan

We report the detection of eight bright X-ray bursts from the 6.5-s magnetar 1E 1048.1-5937, during a 2013 July observation campaign with the Nuclear Spectroscopic Telescope Array (NuSTAR). We study the morphological and spectral properties…

We present results from the coordinated broadband X-ray observations of the extreme ultraluminous X-ray source Holmberg IX X-1 performed by NuSTAR, XMM-Newton and Suzaku in late 2012. These observations provide the first high-quality…

We present observations of the historic transient 4U 1730-22 as observed with the Neutron Star Interior Composition Explorer (NICER). After remaining in quiescence since its 1972 discovery, this X-ray binary showed renewed outburst activity…

With its large effective area at hard X-rays, high time resolution and having co-aligned other instruments, AstroSat/LAXPC was designed to usher in a new era in rapid variability studies and wide spectral band measurements of the X-ray…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2021-06-23 J. S. Yadav , P. C. Agrawal , Ranjeev Misra , Jayashree Roy , Mayukh Pahari , R. K. Manchanda

We present results from the the first campaign of dedicated solar observations undertaken by the \textit{Nuclear Spectroscopic Telescope ARray} ({\em NuSTAR}) hard X-ray telescope. Designed as an astrophysics mission, {\em NuSTAR}…

We present the results of multi-wavelength observations of the High-Mass Gamma-Ray Binary 4FGL J1405.1-6119. A pair of joint XMM-Newton and NuSTAR observations taken in 2019 (sampling the gamma-ray maximum and X-ray maximum) characterize…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2025-06-25 Alexander Lange , Robin H. D. Corbet , Joel B. Coley , Guillaume Dubus , Jeremy Hare , Nazma Islam , Jonathan Barnes

We present $\emph{NuSTAR}$ observations of neutron star (NS) low-mass X-ray binaries: 4U 1636-53, GX 17+2, and 4U 1705-44. We observed 4U 1636-53 in the hard state, with an Eddington fraction, $F_{\mathrm{Edd}}$, of 0.01; GX 17+2 and 4U…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2017-02-22 R. M. Ludlam , J. M. Miller , M. Bachetti , D. Barret , A. C. Bostrom , E. M. Cackett , N. Degenaar , T. Di Salvo , L. Natalucci , J. A. Tomsick , F. Paerels , M. L. Parker

In 2015 October, the Be/X-ray binary 4U 0115+63 underwent a type II outburst, reaching an X-ray luminosity of $\sim$ {\DP{38}\es}. During the outburst, Nuclear Spectroscopic Telescope Array ({\it NuSTAR}) performed two Target of Opportunity…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2020-09-09 Bai-Sheng Liu , Lian Tao , Shuang-Nan Zhang , Xiang-Dong Li , Ming-Yu Ge , Jin-Lu Qu , Li-Ming Song , Long Ji , Shu Zhang , Andrea Santangelo , Ling-Jun Wang

Based on current models of the Cosmic X-ray Background (CXB), heavily obscured Active Galactic Nuclei (AGN) are expected to make up ~10% of the peak emission of the CXB and ~20% of the total population of AGN, yet few of these sources have…

In the last 25 years, a new generation of X-ray satellites imparted a significant leap forward in our knowledge of X-ray pulsars. The discovery of accreting and transitional millisecond pulsars proved that disk accretion can spin up a…

We identify sources with extremely hard X-ray spectra (i.e., with photon indices of Gamma<0.6 in the 13 sq. deg. NuSTAR serendipitous survey, to search for the most highly obscured AGNs detected at >10 keV. Eight extreme NuSTAR sources are…

We report the X-ray and radio polarization study of the neutron star (NS) low-mass X-ray binary (LMXB) GX 13+1 using the Imaging X-ray Polarimetry Explorer (IXPE) and Very Large Array (VLA). Simultaneous Neutron Star Interior Composition…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2025-08-11 Unnati Kashyap , Thomas J. Maccarone , Eliot C. Pattie , Mason Ng , Swati Ravi , Herman L. Marshall

We present the results of our extensive binary orbital motion corrected pulsation search for 13 low mass X-ray binaries (LMXBs). These selected sources exhibit burst oscillations in X-rays with frequencies ranging from 45 to 1122 Hz, and…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2021-03-24 Yunus Emre Bahar , Manoneeta Chakraborty , Ersin Gogus