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We present \nustar{} observation of the atoll type neutron star (NS) low-mass X-ray binary (LMXB) Serpens~X-1 (Ser~X-1) performed on 17 February 2018. We observed Ser~X-1 in a soft X-ray spectral state with 3-79 keV luminosity of…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2020-05-06 Aditya S. Mondal , Gulab C. Dewangan , B. Raychaudhuri

Broad emission features of abundant chemical elements, such as Iron, are commonly seen in the X-ray spectra of accreting compact objects and their studies can provide useful information about the geometry of the accretion processes. In this…

We analyze two simultaneous \nustar{} and \swift{} data of the Atoll type neutron star (NS) X-ray binary 4U~1728--34 observed on 1 and 3 October, 2013. Based on power density spectra, hardness ratio and colour-colour diagram, we infer that…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2016-04-18 Aditya Sow Mondal , Mayukh Pahari , Gulab C. Dewangan , Ranjeev Misra , Biplab Raychaudhuri

Atoll sources are accreting neutron star (NS) low-mass X-ray binaries. We present a spectral analysis of four persistent atoll sources (GX 3+1, 4U 1702$-$429, 4U 0614+091, and 4U 1746$-$371) observed for $\sim20$ ks each with NuSTAR to…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2019-03-20 R. M. Ludlam , J. M. Miller , D. Barret , E. M. Cackett , B. M. Coughenour , T. Dauser , N. Degenaar , J. A. Garcia , F. A. Harrison , F. Paerels

We analysed a dedicated NuSTAR observation of the neutron-star low-mass X-ray binary Z-source GX 13+1 to study the timing and spectral properties of the source. From the colour-colour diagram, we conclude that during that observation the…

We report the first simultaneous X-ray spectropolarimetric observation of the bright atoll neutron star low-mass X-ray binary GX 3+1, performed by the Imaging X-ray Polarimetry Explorer (IXPE) joint with NICER and NuSTAR. The source does…

We perform a comprehensive spectral study of a carefully selected sample (total exposure $\sim 50.5$ ks) of NICER observations of the atoll neutron star low-mass X-ray binary 4U 1702-429. Our sample encompasses nearly all classical spectral…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2024-04-29 Srimanta Banerjee , Jeroen Homan

We report on a comprehensive analysis of simultaneous X-ray polarimetric and spectral data of the bright atoll source GX 9+9 with the Imaging X-ray Polarimetry Explorer (IXPE) and NuSTAR. The source is significantly polarized in the 4--8…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2023-08-02 F. Ursini , R. Farinelli , A. Gnarini , J. Poutanen , S. Bianchi , F. Capitanio , A. Di Marco , S. Fabiani , F. La Monaca , C. Malacaria , G. Matt , R. Mikušincová , M. Cocchi , P. Kaaret , J. J. E. Kajava , M. Pilia , W. Zhang , I. Agudo , L. A. Antonelli , M. Bachetti , L. Baldini , W. H. Baumgartner , R. Bellazzini , S. D. Bongiorno , R. Bonino , A. Brez , N. Bucciantini , S. Castellano , E. Cavazzuti , C. -T. Chen , S. Ciprini , E. Costa , A. De Rosa , E. Del Monte , L. Di Gesu , N. Di Lalla , I. Donnarumma , V. Doroshenko , M. Dovčiak , S. R. Ehlert , T. Enoto , Y. Evangelista , R. Ferrazzoli , J. A. Garcia , S. Gunji , K. Hayashida , J. Heyl , W. Iwakiri , S. G. Jorstad , V. Karas , F. Kislat , T. Kitaguchi , J. J. Kolodziejczak , H. Krawczynski , L. Latronico , I. Liodakis , S. Maldera , A. Manfreda , F. Marin , A. Marinucci , A. P. Marscher , H. L. Marshall , F. Massaro , I. Mitsuishi , T. Mizuno , F. Muleri , M. Negro , C. -Y. Ng , S. L. O'Dell , N. Omodei , C. Oppedisano , A. Papitto , G. G. Pavlov , A. L. Peirson , M. Perri , M. Pesce-Rollins , P. -O. Petrucci , M. Pilia , A. Possenti , S. Puccetti , B. D. Ramsey , J. Rankin , A. Ratheesh , O. J. Roberts , R. W. Romani , C. Sgrò , P. Slane , P. Soffitta , G. Spandre , D. A. Swartz , T. Tamagawa , F. Tavecchio , R. Taverna , Y. Tawara , A. F. Tennant , N. E. Thomas , F. Tombesi , A. Trois , S. S. Tsygankov , R. Turolla , J. Vink , M. C. Weisskopf , K. Wu , F. Xie , S. Zane

We present a broadband spectral analysis of the atoll source 4U~1636-536 observed for $\sim92$ ks with \nustar{}. The source was found to be in a low-luminosity state during this observation with $3-79 \kev{}$ X-ray luminosity of $L_{3-79…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2021-04-21 Aditya S. Mondal , B. Raychaudhuri , G. C. Dewangan

We present the results from the spectral and timing analysis of the accreting neutron star 1A~1744-361 from the \nustar{} observation performed in its 2022 outbursts. The unabsorbed bolometric X-ray luminosity during this observation in the…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2023-10-31 Aditya S. Mondal , B. Raychaudhuri , G. C. Dewangan

We present the results of a spectroscopic study of the Fe K{\alpha} emission of the persistent neutron-star atoll low-mass X-ray binary and type I X-ray burster GX 3+1 with the EPIC-PN on board XMM-Newton. The source shows a flux modulation…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2015-06-05 S. Piraino , A. Santangelo , P. Kaaret , B. Mück , A. D'Aì , T. DI Salvo , R. Iaria , N. Robba , L. Burderi , E. Egron

We present the first spectro-polarimetric study of the bright atoll source GX 9+1, using the simultaneous Imaging X-ray Polarimetry Explorer (IXPE), and Neutron star Interior Composition Explorer (NICER) observations. The source was…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2025-02-06 V. P. Shyam Prakash , Vivek K. Agrawal , A. M. Vinodkumar

We report on a simultaneous NuSTAR and Swift observation of the neutron star low-mass X-ray binary 4U 1728-34. We identified and removed four Type I X-ray bursts during the observation in order to study the persistent emission. The…

We have studied the spectro-temporal properties of the neutron star low mass X-ray binary GX 9$+$1 using data from \textit{NuSTAR/FPM} and \textit{AstroSat/SXT} and \textit{LAXPC}. The hardness-intensity diagram of the source showed it to…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2023-11-03 Neal Titus Thomas , S. B. Gudennavar , S. G. Bubbly

GX 3$+$1, an atoll type neutron star low-mass X-ray binary, was observed four times by Soft X-ray Telescope and The Large Area X-ray Proportional Counters on-board \textit{AstroSat} between October 5, 2017 and August 9, 2018. The…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2023-11-03 Neal Titus Thomas , S. B. Gudennavar , S. G. Bubbly

We report on observations of the neutron star (NS) residing in the low-mass X-ray binary 1RXS J180408.9-34205 taken 2015 March by $\emph{NuSTAR}$ and $\emph{XMM-Newton}$ while the source was in the hard spectral state. We find multiple…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2016-06-15 R. M. Ludlam , J. M. Miller , E. M. Cackett , A. C. Fabian , M. Bachetti , M. L. Parker , J. A. Tomsick , D. Barret , L. Natalucci , V. Rana , F. A. Harrison

We present an X-ray spectro-polarimetric study of the weakly magnetized neutron star low-mass X-ray binary GX 9+1, utilizing data from the Imaging X-ray Polarimetry Explorer (IXPE), alongside simultaneous NuSTAR, NICER, and INTEGRAL…

We present 3-50 keV NuSTAR observations of the AGN Mrk 335 in a very low flux state. The spectrum is dominated by very strong features at the energies of the iron line at 5-7 keV and Compton hump from 10-30 keV. The source is variable…

We present a detailed spectral analysis of XMM-Newton and NuSTAR observations of the accreting transient black hole GRS 1739-278 during a very faint low hard state at ~0.02% of the Eddington luminosity (for a distance of 8.5 kpc and a mass…

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
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