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High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2017-09-06 S. S. Tsygankov , V. Doroshenko , A. A. Lutovinov , A. A. Mushtukov , J. Poutanen

We study the temporal and spectral characteristics of SMC X-3 during its 2016 outburst. To probe accretion onto highly magnetized neutron stars (NSs), at the Eddington limit. We obtained XMM-Newton observations of SMC X-3 and combined them…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2018-06-13 Filippos Koliopanos , Georgios Vasilopoulos

The Be X-ray pulsar, SMC X-3 underwent a giant outburst from 2016 August to 2017 March, which was monitored with the Swift satellite. During the outburst, its broadband flux increased dramatically, and the unabsorbed X-ray luminosity…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2017-07-19 Shan-Shan Weng , Ming-Yu Ge , Hai-Hui Zhao , Wei Wang , Shuang-Nan Zhang , Wei-Hao Bian , Qi-Rong Yuan

On 2016 July 30 (MJD 57599), observations of the Small Magellanic Cloud by Swift/XRT found an increase in X-ray counts coming from a position consistent with the Be/X-ray binary pulsar SMC X-3. Follow-up observations on 2016 August 3 (MJD…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2017-08-30 L. J. Townsend , J. A. Kennea , M. J. Coe , V. A. McBride , D. A. H. Buckley , P. A. Evans , A. Udalski

We model the spectral formation occurring in the binary X-ray pulsar RX~J0209.6-7427 during the 2019 super-Eddington outburst. Using a theoretical model previously developed by the authors, we are able to produce spectra that closely…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2024-04-26 Brent F. West , Peter A. Becker , Georgios Vasilopoulos

In the beginning of 2023 the Be transient X-ray pulsar RX J0440.9+4431 underwent a fist-ever giant outburst observed from the source peaking in the beginning of February and reaching peak luminosity of $\sim 4.3\times10^{37}$ erg s$^{-1}$.…

We present results of the analysis of super-Eddington flares registered from the X-ray pulsar LMC X-4 by the NuSTAR observatory in the broad energy range 3-79 keV. The pulsar spectrum is well described by the thermal comptonization model…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2018-04-11 A. E. Shtykovsky , V. A. Arefiev , A. A. Lutovinov , S. V. Molkov

The Be X-ray pulsar (BeXRP) SXP 59 underwent a giant outburst in 2017 with a peak X-ray luminosity of $1.1\times10^{38}$ erg~s$^{-1}$. We report on the X-ray behaviour of SXP 59 with the XMM--Newton and NuSTAR observations collected at the…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2019-09-19 Shan-Shan Weng , Ming-Yu Ge , Hai-Hui Zhao

We present the results obtained from detailed X-ray timing and spectral studies of X-ray pulsar Swift J0243.6+6124 during its giant and normal X-ray outbursts between 2017 and 2023 observed by the Neutron star Interior Composition Explorer…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2024-01-29 Birendra Chhotaray , Gaurava K. Jaisawal , Prantik Nandi , Sachindra Naik , Neeraj kumari , Mason Ng , Keith C. Gendreau

We report comprehensive spectral and temporal properties of the Be/X-ray binary pulsar SMC X-2 using X-ray observations during the 2015 and 2022 outbursts. The pulse profile of the pulsar is unique and strongly luminosity dependent. It…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2023-03-21 G. K. Jaisawal , G. Vasilopoulos , S. Naik , C. Maitra , C. Malacaria , B. Chhotaray , K. C. Gendreau , S. Guillot , M. Ng , A. Sanna

Two \textit{NuSTAR} observations of the luminous X-ray pulsar LMC X-4 in October and November 2015 captured several bright accretion flares from this source, which has a long history of stable pulse and superorbital behavior. We present a…

We report the results obtained from a detailed timing and spectral studies of Be/X-ray binary pulsar 2S 1417-624 using data from Swift and NuSTAR observatories. The observations were carried out at the peak of a giant outburst of the pulsar…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2019-10-16 Shivangi Gupta , Sachindra Naik , Gaurava K. Jaisawal

We report the results of AstroSat and NuSTAR observations of the Be/X-ray binary pulsar SXP 15.3 in the Small Magellanic Cloud during its outburst in late 2017, when the source reached a luminosity level of ~ 10^{38} erg s^{-1}, close to…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2018-08-15 Chandreyee Maitra , Biswajit Paul , Frank Haberl , Georgios Vasilopoulos

This paper reports on the X-ray emission evolution of the ultra-luminous Galactic X-ray pulsar, Swift J0243.6+6124, during the 2017-2018 giant outburst observed by the MAXI GSC. The 2-30 keV light curve and the energy spectra confirm that…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2020-07-01 Mutsumi Sugizaki , Motoki Oeda , Nobuyuki Kawai , Tatehiro Mihara , Kazuo Makishima , Motoki Nakajima

SwiftJ0243.6+6124, the first Galactic ultra-luminous X-ray pulsar, was observed during its 2017-2018 outburst with \emph{AstroSat} at both sub- and super-Eddington levels of accretionwith X-ray luminosities of $L_{X}{\sim}7{\times}10^{37}$…

We report on the results of Swift and XMM-Newton observations of SMC X-2 during its last outburst in 2015 October, the first one since 2000. The source reached a very high luminosity ($L \sim 10^{38}$ erg s$^{-1}$), which allowed us to…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2016-03-23 N. La Palombara , L. Sidoli , F. Pintore , P. Esposito , S. Mereghetti , A. Tiengo

Discovery of pulsations from a number of ULXs proved that accretion onto neutron stars can produce luminosities exceeding the Eddington limit by several orders of magnitude. The conditions necessary to achieve such high luminosities as well…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2024-11-08 Juri Poutanen , Sergey S. Tsygankov , Victor Doroshenko , Sofia V. Forsblom , Peter Jenke , Philip Kaaret , Andrei V. Berdyugin , Dmitry Blinov , Vadim Kravtsov , Ioannis Liodakis , Anastasia Tzouvanou , Alessandro Di Marco , Jeremy Heyl , Fabio La Monaca , Alexander A. Mushtukov , George G. Pavlov , Alexander Salganik , Alexandra Veledina , Martin C. Weisskopf , Silvia Zane , Vladislav Loktev , Valery F. Suleimanov , Colleen Wilson-Hodge , Svetlana V. Berdyugina , Masato Kagitani , Vilppu Piirola , Takeshi Sakanoi , Ivan Agudo , Lucio A. Antonelli , Matteo Bachetti , Luca Baldini , Wayne H. Baumgartner , Ronaldo Bellazzini , Stefano Bianchi , Stephen D. Bongiorno , Raffaella Bonino , Alessandro Brez , Niccolo Bucciantini , Fiamma Capitanio , Simone Castellano , Elisabetta Cavazzuti , Chien-Ting Chen , Stefano Ciprini , Enrico Costa , Alessandra De Rosa , Ettore Del Monte , Laura Di Gesu , Niccolo Di Lalla , Immacolata Donnarumma , Michal Dovciak , Steven R. Ehlert , Teruaki Enoto , Yuri Evangelista , Sergio Fabiani , Riccardo Ferrazzoli , Javier A. Garcia , Shuichi Gunji , Kiyoshi Hayashida , Wataru Iwakiri , Svetlana G. Jorstad , Vladimir Karas , Fabian Kislat , Takao Kitaguchi , Jeffery J. Kolodziejczak , Luca Latronico , Simone Maldera , Alberto Manfreda , Frederic Marin , Andrea Marinucci , Alan P. Marscher , Herman L. Marshall , Francesco Massaro , Giorgio Matt , Ikuyuki Mitsuishi , Tsunefumi Mizuno , Fabio Muleri , Michela Negro , Chi-Yung Ng , Stephen L. O'Dell , Nicola Omodei , Chiara Oppedisano , Alessandro Papitto , Abel L. Peirson , Matteo Perri , Melissa Pesce-Rollins , Pierre-Olivier Petrucci , Maura Pilia , Andrea Possenti , Simonetta Puccetti , Brian D. Ramsey , John Rankin , Ajay Ratheesh , Oliver J. Roberts , Roger W. Romani , Carmelo Sgro , Patrick Slane , Paolo Soffitta , Gloria Spandre , Douglas A. Swartz , Toru Tamagawa , Fabrizio Tavecchio , Roberto Taverna , Yuzuru Tawara , Allyn F. Tennant , Nicholas E. Thomas , Francesco Tombesi , Alessio Trois , Roberto Turolla , Jacco Vink , Kinwah Wu , Fei Xie

We present an X-ray and UV high-time-resolution monitoring of the final flaring phase of the 2022 outburst of the AMSP SAX J1808.4-3658, based on simultaneous XMM-Newton and HST observations. The uninterrupted coverage provided by…

We report the detection of coherent pulsations from the ultraluminous X-ray source NGC 7793 P13. The ~0.42s nearly sinusoidal pulsations were initially discovered in broadband X-ray observations using XMM-Newton and NuSTAR taken in 2016. We…

After nearly a decade in quiescence, the accreting millisecond pulsar IGR J17511$-$3057 displayed a new outburst on 2025 February 11, its third since discovery, following previous activity in 2009 and 2015. We report on an XMM-Newton Target…

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