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The transient black hole X-ray binary MAXI J1803-298 was discovered on 2021 May 1, as it went into outburst from a quiescent state. As the source rose in flux it showed periodic absorption dips and fit the timing and spectral…

IGR J17591--2342, a transient accretion-powered millisecond X-ray pulsar, was discovered during its 2018 outburst. Here, we present a timing and spectral analysis of the source using {\it AstroSat} data of the same outburst. From the timing…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2024-12-17 Akshay Singh , Andrea Sanna , Sudip Bhattacharyya , Sudiip Chakraborty , Sarita Jangle , Tlak Katoch , H. M. Antia , Nitinkumar Bijewar

The accreting millisecond pulsar SAX J1808.4-3658 went into outburst from July to November in 2019 and August to October in 2022, which were observed by \textit{NICER} and \textit{NuSTAR}. In this paper, we first present the light curve for…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2026-01-06 Katherine Bruce , Sachiko Tsuruta , Andrew C. Liebmann , Marcus Teter

We report on the phase-coherent timing analysis of the accreting millisecond X-ray pulsar IGR J17591-2342, using Neutron Star Interior Composition Explorer (NICER) data taken during the outburst of the source between 2018 August 15 and 2018…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2020-05-13 A. Sanna , L. Burderi , K. C. Gendreau , T. Di Salvo , P. S. Ray , A. Riggio , A. F. Gambino , R. Iaria , L. Piga , C. Malacaria , G. K. Jaisawal

We present results for the first observed outburst from the transient X-ray binary source MAXI J0637-430. This study is based on eight observations from the Nuclear Spectroscopic Telescope Array (NuSTAR) and six observations from the Neil…

We report the results of a series of RXTE and ATCA observations of the recently-discovered X-ray transient IGR J17497-2821. Our 3-200 keV PCA+HEXTE spectral analysis shows very little variations over a period of ~10 days around the maximum…

Aims: Hete J1900.1-2455 is the seventh known X-ray transient accreting millisecond pulsar and has been in outburst for more than one year. We compared the data on Hete J1900.1-2455 with other similar objects and made an attempt at deriving…

The twelfth accretion-powered millisecond pulsar, IGR J17511-3057, was discovered in September 2009. In this work we study its spectral and timing properties during the 2009 outburst based on Swift and RXTE data. Our spectral analysis of…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2015-03-18 A. Ibragimov , J. J. E. Kajava , J. Poutanen

In this paper, we report on the available X-ray data collected by INTEGRAL, Swift, and XMM-Newton during the first outburst of the INTEGRAL transient IGR J17451-3022, discovered in 2014 August. The monitoring observations provided by the…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2016-04-13 E. Bozzo , P. Pjanka , P. Romano , A. Papitto , C. Ferrigno , S. Motta , A. A. Zdziarski , F. Pintore , T. Di Salvo , L. Burderi , D. Lazzati , G. Ponti , L. Pavan

The fourth transient accreting millisecond pulsar XTE J1807-294 was observed during its February/March 2003 outburst by INTEGRAL, partly simultaneously with the XMM-Newton and RXTE satellites. We present here the first study of the 0.5-200…

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 present the earliest X-ray observations of the 2018 outburst of XTE J1810-197, the first outburst since its 2003 discovery as the prototypical transient and radio-emitting anomalous X-ray pulsar (AXP). The Monitor of All-sky X-ray Image…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2019-04-10 E. V. Gotthelf , J. P. Halpern , J. A. J. Alford , T. Mihara , H. Negoro , N. Kawai , S. Dai , M. E. Lower , S. Johnston , M. Bailes , S. Oslowski , F. Camilo , H. Miyasaka , K. K. Madsen

IGR J17511-3057 was observed in a new outburst phase starting in February 2025 and lasting at least nine days. We investigated the spectral and temporal properties of IGR J17511-3057, aiming to characterise its current status and highlight…

We present the high-resolution spectrum of the accretion-powered millisecond pulsar XTE J0929-314 during its 2002 outburst, measured using the Low Energy Transmission Grating Spectrometer onboard the Chandra X-ray Observatory. The 1.5-25.3…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-07 Adrienne M. Juett , Duncan K. Galloway , Deepto Chakrabarty

MAXI J1816-195 is a newly discovered accreting millisecond pulsar with prolific thermonuclear bursts, detected during its outburst in 2022 June by Insight-HXMT and NICER. During the outburst, Insight-HXMT detected 73 bursts in its peak and…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2025-02-24 Yu-Peng Chen , Shu Zhang , Long Ji , Shuang-Nan Zhang , Peng-Ju Wang , Ling-Da Kong , Zhi Chang , Jing-Qiang Peng , Qing-Cang Shui , Jian Li , Lian Tao , Ming-Yu Ge , Jin-Lu Qu

The black hole low-mass X-ray binary (LMXB) candidate IGR J17091-3624 experienced a hard-state-only outburst in 2025. In this paper, we show that IXPE detected a series of intermittent X-ray dips, spanning a total interval of ~1 day.…

We report on our investigation of the NuSTAR and AstroSat observations along with simultaneous NICER observations of the accreting millisecond X-ray pulsar SAX J1808.4$-$3658, obtained during its tenth outburst from 2022. The NuSTAR…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2026-02-16 Rahul Sharma , Andrea Sanna , Prince Sharma

We investigate the thermonuclear bursting behaviour of IGR J17473-2721, an X-ray transient that in 2008 underwent a six month long outburst, starting (unusually) with an X-ray burst. We detected a total of 57 thermonuclear bursts throughout…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2010-12-24 J. Chenevez , D. Altamirano , D. K. Galloway , J. J. M. in 't Zand , E. Kuulkers , N. Degenaar , M. Falanga , E. Del Monte , Y. Evangelista , M. Feroci , E. Costa

We are reporting a discovery of X-ray pulsations from the source AX J1749.1-2733 with the period of ~132 s based on the XMM-Newton data obtained in March 2007. The observed pulse profile has a double-peaked structure with the pulse fraction…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-13 D. I. Karasev , S. S. Tsygankov , A. A. Lutovinov

Swift J1749.4-2807 is the only known eclipsing accreting millisecond X-ray pulsar. In this paper, we report on 7 thermonuclear (Type-I) X-ray bursts observed by NICER during its 2021 outburst. The first 6 bursts show slow rises and long…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2023-06-28 A. C. Albayati , P. Bult , D. Altamirano , J. Chenevez , S. Guillot , T. Güver , G. K. Jaisawal , C. Malacaria , G. C. Mancuso , A. Marino , M. Ng , A. Sanna , T. E. Strohmayer