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We present the results of the Suzaku observation of the Seyfert 2 galaxy NGC 4507. This source is one of the X-ray brightest Compton-thin Seyfert 2s and a candidate for a variable absorber. Suzaku caught NGC 4507 in a highly absorbed state…

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We present an updated measurement of orbital period evolution of LMXB XTE J1710-281 by using eclipse timing technique. Using data obtained with XMM-Newton, Suzaku, RXTE, Chandra and AstroSat observatories, we report 21 new measurements of…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2022-10-12 Chetana Jain , Rahul Sharma , Biswajit Paul

We present XMM-Newton observations of the eclipsing polar EP Dra which cover nearly 3 binary orbital cycles. The X-ray and UV data show evidence for a prominent dip before the eclipse which is due to the accretion stream obscuring the…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-10 Gavin Ramsay , C. M. Bridge , Mark Cropper , K. O. Mason , F. A. Cordova , W. Priedhorsky

We present results of an observation with Suzaku of the dipping, periodic bursting low mass X-ray binary XB 1323-619. Using the energy band 0.8 - 70 keV, we show that the source spectrum is well-described as the emission of an extended…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2015-05-13 M. Balucinska-Church , T. Dotani , T. Hirotsu , M. J. Church

We present results from Chandra and XMM-Newton observations of the low-ionization broad absorption line (LoBAL) quasar H 1413+117. Our spatial and spectral analysis of a recent deep Chandra observation confirms a microlensing event in a…

Astrophysics · Physics 2011-02-11 G. Chartas , M. Eracleous , X. Dai , E. Agol , S. Gallagher

Vela X-1 is the archetypical eclipsing high-mass X-ray binary, composed of a neutron star (NS) accreting the B-star wind. It was observed by nearly all X-ray observatories, often multiple times, featuring a rich spectrum of variable…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2023-06-28 Roi Rahin , Ehud Behar

We report on a 250 ks long X-ray observation of the supergiant fast X-ray transient (SFXT) IGR J16479-4514 performed with Suzaku in 2012 February. About 80% of the short orbital period (Porb=3.32 days) was covered as continuously as…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2015-06-12 L. Sidoli , P. Esposito , V. Sguera , A. Bodaghee , J. A. Tomsick , K. Pottschmidt , J. Rodriguez , P. Romano , J. Wilms

The eclipsing low-mass X-ray binary X1822-371 is the prototype of the accretion disc corona (ADC) sources. We analyse two Chandra observations and one XMM-Newton observation to study the discrete features and their variation as a function…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2015-06-11 R. Iaria , T. Di Salvo , A. D'Aì , L. Burderi , T. Mineo , A. Riggio , A. Papitto , N. R. Robba

We present the results of a deep 300 ks Chandra HETG observation of the highly variable narrow-line Seyfert Type 1 galaxy NGC 4051. The HETG spectrum reveals 28 significant soft X-ray ionised lines in either emission or absorption;…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2015-05-27 A. P. Lobban , J. N. Reeves , L. Miller , T. J. Turner , V. Braito , S. B. Kraemer , D. M. Crenshaw

We present data from simultaneous Chandra, XMM-Newton and BeppoSAX observations of the Seyfert 1 galaxy NGC 3516, taken during 2001 April and Nov. We have investigated the nature of the very flat observed X-ray spectrum. Chandra grating…

Astrophysics · Physics 2014-10-13 T. J. Turner , S. B. Kraemer , I. M. George , J. N. Reeves , M. C. Bottorff

We performed a search for eclipsing and dipping sources in the archive of the EXTraS project - a systematic characterization of the temporal behaviour of XMM-Newton point sources. We discovered dips in the X-ray light curve of 3XMM…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2017-12-27 M. Marelli , A. Tiengo , A. De Luca , D. Salvetti , L. Saronni , L. Sidoli , A. Paizis , R. Salvaterra , A. Belfiore , G. Israel , F. Haberl , D. D'Agostino

The Galactic Black hole candidate XTE J1752-223 was observed during the decay of its 2009 outburst with the Suzaku and XMM-Newton observatories. The observed spectra are consistent with the source being in the ''intermediate`` and…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2015-05-19 R. C. Reis , J. M. Miller , A. C. Fabian , E. M. Cackett , D. Maitra , C. S. Reynolds , M. Rupen , D. T. H. Steeghs , R. Wijnands

We report the timing and spectral properties of Be/X-ray binary pulsar GX 304-1 by using two Suzaku observations during its 2010 August and 2012 January X-ray outbursts. Pulsations at ~275 s were clearly detected in the light curves from…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2016-02-16 Gaurava K. Jaisawal , Sachindra Naik , Prahlad Epili

IGR J18027-2016 is an obscured high-mass X-ray binary formed by a neutron star accreting from the wind of a supergiant companion with a $\sim$4.57 day orbital period. The source shows an asymmetric eclipse profile that remained stable…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2021-03-10 Federico A. Fogantini , Federico García , Jorge A. Combi , Sylvain Chaty

We report the results from X-ray studies of the newly discovered black hole candidate MAXI J1305-704 based on Suzaku and Swift observations in the low/hard and high/soft states, respectively. The long Suzaku observation shows two types of…

We present the results of a 73 ks long Chandra observation of the dipping source X 1624-490. During the observation a complex dip lasting 4 hours is observed. We analyse the persistent emission detecting, for the first time in the 1st-order…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-11 R. Iaria , G. Lavagetto , A. D'Ai' , T. Di Salvo , N. R. Robba

The XMM-Newton spectrum of the black hole candidate XTE J1652-453 shows a broad and strong Fe K-alpha emission line, generally believed to originate from reflection of the inner accretion disc. These data have been analysed by Hiemstra et…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2015-06-05 Chia-Ying Chiang , R. C. Reis , D. J. Walton , A. C. Fabian

We report on the deepest X-ray observation of the narrow-line Seyfert 1 galaxy Mrk 335 in the low-flux state obtained with Suzaku. The data are compared to a 2006 high-flux Suzaku observation when the source was ~10-times brighter.…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2015-06-23 L. C. Gallo , D. R. Wilkins , K. Bonson , C-Y. Chiang , D. Grupe , M. L. Parker , A. Zoghbi , A. C. Fabian , S. Komossa , A. L. Longinotti

Chandra serendipitously observed the eclipsing (80 deg < i < 84 deg) intermediate polar, XY Arietis (=H0253+193), in two separate but continuous observations five weeks apart. XY Ari was in a quiescent state during both observations. We…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-10 A. Salinas , E. M. Schlegel

We present detailed time-averaged X-ray spectroscopy in the 0.5--10 keV band of the Seyfert~1.9 galaxy NGC 2992 with the Suzaku X-ray Imaging Spectrometers (XIS). We model the complex continuum in detail. There is an Fe K line emission…