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Aims: To gain a better understanding of high-energy Galactic sources, we observed the Galactic X-ray binary and black hole candidate XTE J1720-318 in the optical and near-infrared, just after the onset of its X-ray outburst in January,…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-11 Sylvain Chaty , Nicolas Bessolaz

X-ray observations of neutron star (NS) low mass X-ray binaries (LMXBs) are useful to probe physical processes close to the NS and to constrain source parameters. Aql X-1 is a transient NS LMXB which frequently undergoes outbursts provides…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2024-07-12 Karthik Gananath Putha , Yash Bhargava , Sudip Bhattacharyya

XTE J1810-189 is a Low-Mass X-ray Binary transient system hosting a neutron star, which underwent a three-month-long outburst in 2020. In order to study its spectral evolution during this outburst, we analysed all the available observations…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2023-09-14 A. Manca , A. Sanna , A. Marino , T. Di Salvo , S. M. Mazzola , A. Riggio , N. Deiosso , C. Cabras , L. Burderi

We study the spectral and temporal properties of MAXI J0637-430 during its 2019-2020 outburst using \textit{NICER}, \textit{AstroSat} and \textit{Swift-XRT} data. The source was in a disc dominant state within a day of its detection and…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2021-10-22 Blessy E. Baby , Bhuvana G. R. , Radhika D. , Tilak Katoch , Samir Mandal , Anuj Nandi

ASASSN-20hx, a.k.a AT2020ohl, is an ambiguous nuclear transient (ANT), which was discovered in the nearby galaxy NGC6297 by the All-Sky Automated Survey for Supernovae (ASAS-SN). We have investigated the evolution of AT2020ohl using a…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2024-05-28 Rupak Roy , Samir Mandal , D. K. Sahu , G. C. Anupama , Sumana Nandi , Brijesh Kumar

We present observations of ASASSN-20hx, a nearby ambiguous nuclear transient (ANT) discovered in NGC 6297 by the All-Sky Automated Survey for Supernovae (ASAS-SN). We observed ASASSN-20hx from $-$30 to 275 days relative to peak UV/optical…

A Be/X-ray binary system known as RX J0440.9+4431 (or LS V +44 17) is a potential member of the uncommon gamma-ray binary class. With an orbital period of 150 days, this system consists of a neutron star and a Be star companion. The MAXI…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2024-02-09 Arshad Hussain , Umananda Dev Goswami

We report NuSTAR and Chandra observations of two X-ray transients, SWIFT J174540.7$-$290015 (T15) and SWIFT J174540.2$-$290037 (T37), which were discovered by the Neil Gehrels Swift Observatory in 2016 within $r\sim1$ pc of Sgr A*. NuSTAR…

The multiwavelength data of nuclear transient AT2018dyk, initially discovered as a changing-look low-ionization nuclear emission-line region (LINER) galaxy, has been revisited by us and found being in agreement with a tidal disruption event…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2023-09-04 Shifeng Huang , Ning Jiang , Zheyu Lin , Jiazheng Zhu , Tinggui Wang

Neutron star (NS) low-mass X-ray binary (LMXB) systems depict a variety of X-ray spectral and timing features, which can be useful to probe the accretion-ejection mechanism in the strong gravity regime. Here, we study the relatively…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2026-05-12 Vaidehi Poojyam , Vikas Mistry , Yash Bhargava , Sudip Bhattacharyya , Nitinkumar Bijewar

We report the results of extensive high-energy observations of the X-ray transient and black hole candidate XTE J1720-318 performed with INTEGRAL, XMM-Newton and RXTE. The source, which underwent an outburst in January 2003, was observed in…

We present spectral and timing properties of the newly discovered X-ray transient source, MAXI J1535-571, which is believed to be a Galactic X-ray binary containing a black hole candidate (BHC) as the primary object. After its discovery on…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2019-05-08 J. -R. Shang , D. Debnath , D. Chatterjee , A. Jana , S. K. Chakrabarti , H. -K. Chang , Y. -X. Yap , C. -L. Chiu

AstroSat observed transient neutron star low-mass X-ray binary XTE J1701-462 for a total duration of $\sim$ 135 ks during its 2022 outburst. The source traced a complete `Z' shaped structure in the hardness intensity diagram (HID). The…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2025-04-02 Vivek K. Agrawal

Timing analysis of accreting systems is key to probe the structure and dynamics around compact objects. In Black-Hole Low-Mass X-ray Binaries (BH LMXBs), the compact object accretes matter from a low-mass companion star via Roche Lobe…

Observations of the black hole and neutron star X-ray binaries show that the luminosity of the hard-to-soft state transition is usually higher than that of the soft-to-hard state transition, indicating additional parameters other than the…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2018-04-04 H. Zhang. , W. -F. Yu

CONTEXT - Transient low-mass X-ray binaries (LMXBs) often show outbursts lasting typically a few-weeks and characterized by a high X-ray luminosity ($L_{x} \approx 10^{36}-10^{38}$ erg/sec), while for most of the time they are found in…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2017-07-19 M. Matranga , A. Papitto , T. Di Salvo , E. Bozzo , D. F. Torres , R. Iaria , L. Burderi , N. Rea , D. de Martino , C. Sanchez-Fernandez , A. F. Gambino , C. Ferrigno , L. Stella

We report the discovery of a large amplitude (factor of $\sim$100) X-ray transient (IC 10 X-2, CXOU J002020.99+591758.6) in the nearby dwarf starburst galaxy IC10 during our Chandra monitoring project. Based on the X-ray timing and spectral…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2015-06-22 Silas Laycock , Rigel Cappallo , Kathleen Oram , Andrew Balchunas

A variety of high energy (>1 keV) spectra have been observed in recent years from Black Hole (BH) and Neutron Star (NS) X-ray Binaries (XB). Some common physical components exist between BHXBs and NSXBs, resulting in some high energy…

Astrophysics · Physics 2007-05-23 S. N. Zhang

The RXTE and Swift observations on the 2009 outburst from a newly discovered transient and black-hole candidate XTE J1652$-$453 are analyzed. The source was observed by RXTE to behave a sequence of spectral states that are typical to the…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2015-05-27 Peng Han , Jinlu Qu , Shu Zhang , Jianmin Wang , Liming Song , Guoqiang Ding , Shuping Yan , Yu Lu

Narrow, highly ionized X-ray emission lines in black hole low-mass X-ray binaries (BH-LMXBs) are rare and have been observed in only a few sources, during unusual, heavily obscured accretion states. We report on a detailed high-resolution…