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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

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 the first analysis of AstroSat observation of the Z-source GX 5- 1 on February 26-27, 2017. The hardness-intensity plot reveals that the source traced out the horizontal and normal branches. The 0.8-20 keV spectra from…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2020-02-17 Yashpal Bhulla , Ranjeev Misra , J. S. Yadav , S. N. A Jaaffrey

We have carried out the first spectro-polarimetric study of the bright NS-LMXB GX 9+9 using IXPE and AstroSat observations. We report a significant detection of polarization of $1.7\pm 0.4\%$ over the $2-8$ keV energy band, with a…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2023-03-08 Rwitika Chatterjee , Vivek K. Agrawal , Kiran M. Jayasurya , Tilak Katoch

In this paper, we present the first results obtained using $\sim$ 50 ks observations of the bright low-mass X-ray binary (LMXB) GX 17+2 with Large Area X-ray Proportional Counter (LAXPC) onboard {\it AstroSat}. The source traced out a…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2020-03-11 V. K. Agrawal , Anuj Nandi , M. C. Ramadevi

In this study, we undertake a spectral-timing analysis of the black hole X-ray binary source GRS 1915+105 using simultaneous observations carried out by AstroSat (LAXPC and SXT) and NICER in 2017. The source showed two flux levels (high and…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2024-08-07 Ruchika Dhaka , Ranjeev Misra , JS Yadav , Pankaj Jain

We report the results of broadband timing and spectral analysis of data from an AstroSat observation of the High Mass X-ray binary LMC X$-$4. The Large Area X-ray Proportional Counter (LAXPC) and Soft X-ray Telescope (SXT) instruments…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2022-12-14 Rahul Sharma , Chetana Jain , Ketan Rikame , Biswajit Paul

For the first time, simultaneous broadband spectral and timing study of the atoll source 4U 1705-44 was performed using AstroSat Soft X-ray Telescope (SXT) and Large Area X-ray Proportional Counter (LAXPC) data (0.8-70 keV). Based on the…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2021-06-30 Malu S , K. Sriram , S. Harikrishna , Vivek K. Agrawal

In this paper, we report the first results of the extragalactic Z-source LMC X-2 obtained using the $\sim$ 140 ks observations with {\it Large Area X-ray Proportional Counter (LAXPC)} and {\it Soft X-ray Telescope (SXT)} onboard {\it…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2020-08-12 V. K. Agrawal , Anuj Nandi

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 the first results of extragalactic black hole X-ray binaries LMC X-1 and LMC X-3 using all the archival and legacy observations by AstroSat during the period of $2016-2020$. Broadband energy spectra ($0.5-20$ keV) of both sources…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2021-09-01 Bhuvana G. R. , Radhika D. , V. K. Agrawal , Samir Mandal , Anuj Nandi

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 the spectral and timing study of the bright NS-LMXB GX 5-1 using \textit{\textit{AstroSat}/LAXPC} and \textit{SXT} observations conducted in the year 2018. During the observation, the source traces out the complete HB and NB of…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2024-11-19 Shyam Prakash V P , Vivek K. Agrawal

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

In this paper, we present the first results of spectral and timing properties of the atoll source 4U 1705-44 using $\sim$ 100 ks data obtained with Large Area X-ray Proportional Counter (LAXPC) onboard {\it AstroSat}. The source was in the…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2018-06-13 V. K. Agrawal , Anuj Nandi , V. Girish , M. C. Ramadevi

GX 9+9 (4U 1728-16) is a low mass X-ray binary (LMXB) source harboring a neutron star. Although it belongs to the subclass of the bright Atoll sources together with GX 9+1, GX 3+1, and GX 13+1, its broadband spectrum is poorly studied and…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2020-04-08 R. Iaria , S. M. Mazzola , T. Di Salvo , A. Marino , A. F. Gambino , A. Sanna , A. Riggio , L. Burderi

We present the first quick look analysis of data from nine {\it AstroSat}'s LAXPC observations of GRS 1915+105 during March 2016 when the source had the characteristics of being in Radio-quiet $\chi$ class. We find that a simple empirical…

We present results from AstroSat observation of the recent outburst of GRO J2058+42, an X-ray pulsar in a Be-binary system. The source was observed on April 10, 2019 by LAXPC and SXT instruments on AstroSat during its declining phase of the…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2020-07-15 Kallol Mukerjee , H. M. Antia , Tilak Katoch

We present a spectro-timing analysis of the black hole X-ray transient GX 339-4 using simultaneous observations from Astrosat and NICER during the 2021 outburst period. The combined spectrum obtained from NICER, LAXPC, and SXT data is…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2024-09-19 Hitesh Tanenia , Akash Garg , Ranjeev Misra , Somasri Sen

The origin of the large-amplitude, quasi-periodic X-ray flux variations in several classes of the Galactic microquasar GRS~1915+105 remains unresolved. We address this issue through flux-resolved, broadband (0.8-20 keV) spectral modelling…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2026-02-13 Shree Suman , Shuvajit Khatua , Vishal Jadoliya , Prathamesh Narayan Gupta , Mayukh Pahari
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