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We present a timing analysis of the 2015 outburst of the accreting millisecond X-ray pulsar SAX J1808.4-3658, using non-simultaneous XMM-Newton and NuStar observations. We estimate the pulsar spin frequency and update the system orbital…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2017-08-09 A. Sanna , T. Di Salvo , L. Burderi , A. Riggio , F. Pintore , A. F. Gambino , R. Iaria , M. Tailo , F. Scarano , A. Papitto

Neutron stars in close binary systems have the potential to spin up to millisecond periods due to the accretion of matter and angular momentum from their low-mass companions. In later stages of this process, they sometimes start to swing…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2026-05-22 S. V. Karpov , Artyom S. Tanashkin , G. M. Beskin , V. L. Plokhotnichenko , Y. A. Shibanov , D. A. Zyuzin

We present our works in updating the spin and orbital parameters for the newly discovered accreting millisecond X-ray pulsar (AMXP) IGR J17591$-$2342 through pulsar timing and analyzing its energy dependent pulse behaviors. The data being…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2020-09-15 Kaho Tse , Yi Chou , Hung-En Hsieh

Understanding accretion components in neutron star (NS) low mass X-ray binary (LMXB) systems is important to probe fundamental aspects of accretion mechanism and evolution of the system constraining its physical properties. Here, we present…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2025-10-03 Aman Kaushik , Yash Bhargava , Sudip Bhattacharyya , Maurizio Falanga

RXTE observations of the X-ray transient pulsar 2S 1417-62 between 1999 November and 2000 August with a total exposure of $\sim 394$ ksec were analyzed. Observations include a main outburst followed by a series of mini outbursts. Changes in…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-10 S. C. Inam , A. Baykal , D. M. Scott , M. Finger , J. Swank

We present timing and spectral analysis of \emph{Swift}$-$XRT and \emph{RXTE}$-$PCA observations of the transient Be/X-ray pulsar SWIFT J0513.4--6547 during its outburst in 2009 and its rebrightening in 2014. From 2009 observations, short…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2015-12-23 S. Sahiner , M. M. Serim , A. Baykal , S. C. Inam

The High Mass X-ray Binary Pulsar SAXJ2103.5+4545 has been observed with INTEGRAL several times during the last outburst in 2002-2004. We report a comprehensive study of all INTEGRAL observations, allowing a study of the pulse period…

We present timing and broad-band spectral studies of the high mass X-ray binary pulsar 4U 1909+07 using data from Suzaku observation during 2010 November 2-3. The pulse period of the pulsar is estimated to be 604.11+/-0.14 s. Pulsations are…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2016-02-16 Gaurava K. Jaisawal , Sachindra Naik , Biswajit Paul

This study investigates the timing and spectral characteristics of X-ray bursts from the neutron star system EXO 0748-676 using the NuSTAR observatory's FPMA and FPMB instruments in the 3-79 keV range. We identify Type I X-ray bursts driven…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2024-10-15 Nirpat Subba , Nishika Subba , Jyoti Paul , Pankaj Sharma , Monika Ghimiray

We present long-term optical and RXTE data of two X-ray binary pulsars in the Small Magellanic Cloud, SXP46.6 and SXP6.85. The optical light curves of both sources show substantial (~0.5-0.8 mag) changes over the time span of the…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-13 K. E. McGowan , M. J. Coe , M. P. E. Schurch , R. H. D. Corbet , J. L. Galache , A. Udalski

We aim to explore the properties of the Be/X-ray binary system MXB 0656-072 from a timing analysis perspective through an investigation of the RXTE/PCA and Fermi/GBM data during its 2007-2008 type I outbursts. We applied two new techniques,…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2024-09-25 M. Mirac Serim , Danjela Serim , Çağatay Kerem Dönmez , Youli Tuo , Lorenzo Ducci , Altan Baykal , Andrea Santangelo

Black hole X-ray binaries (BHXRBs) play a crucial role in understanding the accretion of matter onto a black hole. Here, we focus on exploring the transient BHXRB \source~discovered by Swift/BAT and MAXI/GSC during its January 2019…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2023-07-26 Skye R. Heiland , Arka Chatterjee , Samar Safi-Harb , Arghajit Jana , Jeremy Heyl

In the beginning of 2023 the Be transient X-ray pulsar RX J0440.9+4431 underwent a fist-ever giant outburst observed from the source peaking in the beginning of February and reaching peak luminosity of $\sim 4.3\times10^{37}$ erg s$^{-1}$.…

We present a spectral and timing analysis of INTEGRAL observations of two high mass X-ray binaries, 4U 1538-522 and 4U 1907+09. Our timing measurements for 4U 1538-522 find the pulse period to have exhibited a spin-up trend until…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2015-06-17 Paul Hemphill , Richard Rothschild , Isabel Caballero , Katja Pottschmidt , Matthias Kuehnel , Felix Fuerst , Joern Wilms

The X-ray emission from blazars has been widely investigated using several space telescopes. In this work, we explored statistical properties of the X-ray variability in the blazars S5 0716+714, OJ 287, Mkn 501 and RBS 2070 using the…

4U 1626-67 is an accretion powered X-ray pulsar that shows remarkably stable X-ray luminosity above hours timescale and gradual intensity variation on a few years timescale. Here we report a significant increase in the X-ray intensity in…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2015-05-13 Chetana Jain , Biswajit Paul , Anjan Dutta

The X-ray light curve and broad band spectral properties of the millisecond X-ray pulsar/burster SAX J1808.4-3658 are reported. In the course of RXTE observations in April--May 1998 the 3--150 keV luminosity of the source decreased by a…

Astrophysics · Physics 2011-05-23 M. Gilfanov , M. Revnivtsev , R. Sunyaev , E. Churazov

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 report pulsations in the X-ray flux of RX J0101.3-7211 in the Small Magellanic Cloud (SMC) with a period of 455+/-2 s in XMM-Newton EPIC-PN data. The X-ray spectrum can be described by a power-law with a photon index of 0.6+/-0.1. Timing…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-06 M. Sasaki , F. Haberl , S. Keller , W. Pietsch

We present recent observations of the X-ray pulsar SAX J1324-6200 obtained in December 2007 with the Swift satellite yielding a significant improvement in the source localization with respect to previous data and a new measurement of the…

Astrophysics · Physics 2008-03-26 S. Mereghetti , P. Romano , L. Sidoli