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An outburst of the accreting X-ray millisecond pulsar SAX J1808.4-3658 in October-November 2002 was followed by the Rossi X-ray Timing Explorer for more than a month. We demonstrate how the area covered by the hotspot at the neutron star…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2010-02-20 Askar Ibragimov , Juri Poutanen

X-ray emission is from shock-heated plasma in magnetic cataclysmic variables, and is processed by absorption and scattering before reaching the observer. We investigate these effects in the X-ray emission of the Intermediate Polar IGR…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2025-07-02 Elif Şafak , Şölen Balman , Gloria Sala

We report the broadband timing and spectral properties of the neutron star low-mass X-ray binary Aql X-1 during the 2024 outburst with NICER, NuSTAR, and Swift observatories. We detected six thermonuclear X-ray bursts during the NICER and…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2025-04-25 Manoj Mandal , Sabyasachi Pal , G. K. Jaisawal , Anne Lohfink , Sachindra Naik , Jaiverdhan Chauhan

Type-I X-ray bursts observed from neutron stars originate from intermittent unstable thermonuclear burning of accreted matter on these stars. Such bursts, particularly those reaching the Eddington luminosity and having a temporary…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2025-09-03 Sudip Bhattacharyya , Akshay Singh , Andrea Sanna

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

IGR J17591$-$2342 is a new accreting millisecond X-ray pulsar (AMXP) that was recently discovered in outburst in 2018. Early observations revealed that the source's radio emission is brighter than that of any other known neutron star…

We present two NuSTAR observations of the X-ray transient, MAXI J1752-457, following a superburst which was observed by MAXI/GSC in November, 2024. NuSTAR follow-up confirmed that MAXI J1752-457 is coincident with the previously observed…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2026-03-26 Sean N. Pike , Hitoshi Negoro , Douglas Buisson , Benjamin Coughenour , Julian Gerber , Aarran W. Shaw , Mutsumi Sugizaki , John A. Tomsick

We report on optical and NIR observations obtained during and after the 2004 December discovery outburst of the X-ray transient and accretion-powered millisecond pulsar IGR J00291+5934. Our observations monitored the evolution of the…

IGR J00291+5934 is the fastest-known accretion-powered X-ray pulsar, discovered during a transient outburst in 2004. In this paper, we report on Integral and Swift observations during the 2015 outburst, which lasts for $\sim25$ d. The…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2017-01-04 V. De Falco , L. Kuiper , E. Bozzo , D. K. Galloway , J. Poutanen , C. Ferrigno , L. Stella , M. Falanga

We analyzed a 115 ks XMM-Newton observation and the stacking of 8 days of INTEGRAL observations, taken during the raise of the 2015 outburst of the accreting millisecond X-ray pulsar SAX J1748.9-2021. The source showed numerous type-I burst…

The first discovered accreting millisecond pulsar, SAX J1808.4-3658, went into X-ray outburst in April 2015. We triggered a 100 ks XMM-Newton ToO, taken at the peak of the outburst, and a 55 ks NuSTAR ToO, performed four days apart. We…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2018-11-14 T. Di Salvo , A. Sanna , L. Burderi , A. Papitto , R. Iaria , A. F. Gambino , A. Riggio

Simultaneous observations of the accretion-powered millisecond pulsar IGR J00291+5934 by International Gamma-Ray Astrophysics Laboratory and Rossi X-ray Timing Explorer during the 2004 December outburst are analysed. The average spectrum is…

We report on the discovery by the Nuclear Spectroscopic Telescope Array (NuSTAR) and the Neutron Star Interior Composition Explorer (NICER) of the accreting millisecond X-ray pulsar IGR J17591-2342, detecting coherent X-ray pulsations…

We report the spectral analysis of accretion powered millisecond X-ray pulsar SAX J1748.9-2021 from the NuSTAR observation made during its 2015 outburst. The spectra displayed a broad emission line at $\sim 6.5$ keV with line width of $\sim…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2018-10-17 Rahul Sharma , Chetana Jain , Anjan Dutta

IGR J17511-3057 is a low mass X-ray binary hosting a neutron star and is one of the few accreting millisecond X-ray pulsars with X-ray bursts. We report on a 20ksec Chandra grating observation of IGR J17511-3057, performed on 2009 September…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2015-06-05 A. Paizis , M. A. Nowak , J. Rodriguez , J. Wilms , S. Chaty , M. Del Santo , P. Ubertini

We present the discovery, with the Neutron Star Interior Composition Explorer (NICER), that SRGA J144459.2-604207 is a 447.9 Hz accreting millisecond X-ray pulsar (AMXP), which underwent a four-week long outburst starting on 2024 February…

Thermonuclear X-ray bursts from accreting neutron stars power brief but strong irradiation of their surroundings, providing a unique way to study accretion physics. We analyze MAXI/GSC and Swift/XRT spectra of a day-long flash observed from…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2017-02-22 L. Keek , W. Iwakiri , M. Serino , D. R. Ballantyne , J. J. M. in 't Zand , T. E. Strohmayer

The millisecond pulsar MAXI J1816-195 was recently discovered in an outburst by MAXI in 2022 May. We study different properties of the pulsar using data from NuSTAR and NICER observations. The unstable burning of accreted material on the…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2023-02-28 Manoj Mandal , Sabyasachi Pal , Jaiverdhan Chauhan , Anne Lohfink , Priya Bharali

We report on a spectroscopic analysis of the X-ray emission from IGR J17062-6143 in the aftermath of its June 2020 intermediate duration Type I X-ray burst. Using the Neutron Star Interior Composition Explorer, we started observing the…

We present a spectral and timing study of the NuSTAR and Swift observations of the black hole candidate IGR J17091-3624 in the hard state during its outburst in 2016. Disk reflection is detected in each of the NuSTAR spectra taken in three…