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We present an INTEGRAL data analysis of the X-ray transient \object{SAX J2103.5+4545} during two outbursts detected in December 2002. The INTEGRAL coordinates and error circle agree with the position of the recently proposed optical…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-10 P. Blay , P. Reig , S. Martinez Nunez , A. Camero , P. Connell , V. Reglero

We report on optical imaging of the X-ray binary SAX J1808.4-3658 with the 8-m Gemini South Telescope. The binary, containing an accretion-powered millisecond pulsar, appears to have a large periodic modulation in its quiescent optical…

Astrophysics · Physics 2011-02-11 Zhongxiang Wang , Cees Bassa , Andrew Cumming , Victoria M. Kaspi

We report on the highly variable and erratic long-term X-ray luminosity behavior of the only known accretion-driven millisecond X-ray pulsar SAX J1808.4-3658 during its 2000 outburst, as observed with RXTE. The maximum observed luminosity…

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

We have performed a timing and spectral analysis of the X-ray pulsar SWIFT J1626.6-5156 during a major X-ray outburst in order to unveil its nature and investigate its flaring activity. Epoch- and pulse-folding techniques were used to…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-13 P. Reig , T. Belloni , G. L. Israel , S. Campana , N. Gehrels , J. Homan

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

The accreting millisecond X-ray pulsar (AMXP) SAX J1808.4-3658, shows a peculiar orbital evolution that proceeds at a much faster pace than predicted by conservative binary evolution models. It is important to identify the underlying…

We present an X-ray spectral and timing analysis of two $NuSTAR$ observations of the transient Be X-ray binary SAX J2103.5+4545 during its April 2016 outburst, which was characterized by the highest flux since $NuSTAR$'s launch. These…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2018-01-31 McKinley C. Brumback , Ryan C. Hickox , Felix S. Fürst , Katja Pottschmidt , Paul Hemphill , John A. Tomsick , Jörn Wilms , Ralf Ballhausen

We analyzed the rapid aperiodic X-ray variability of the recently discovered millisecond X-ray pulsar SAX J1808.4-3658. The power density spectrum is dominated by a strong band-limited noise component, which follows a power-law with index…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-10-30 Rudy Wijnands , Michiel van der Klis

We have studied the aperiodic variability of the 401 Hz accreting millisecond X-ray pulsar SAX J1808.4-3658 using the complete data set collected with the Rossi X-ray Timing Explorer over 14 years of observation. The source shows a number…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2015-06-17 Peter Bult , Michiel van der Klis

We analyzed RXTE archival observations of 4U 1907+09 between 17 February 1996 and 6 March 2002. The pulse timing analysis showed that the source stayed at almost {\bf{constant}} period around August 1998 and then started to spin-down at a…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-11 A. Baykal , S. C. Inam , E. Beklen

Aims. We present a multiwavelength study of the Be/X-ray binary system SAX J2103.5+4545 with the goal of better characterizing the transient behaviour of this source. Methods. SAX J2103.5+4545 was observed by Swift-XRT four times in 2007…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2014-09-05 A. Camero , C. Zurita , J. Gutierrez Soto , M. Ozbey Arabaci , E. Nespoli , F. Kiaeerad , E. Beklen , J. Garcia-Rojas , M Caballero-Garcia

The accreting millisecond X-ray pulsar SAX J1808.4--3658 shows peculiar low luminosity states known as "reflares" after the end of the main outburst. During this phase the X-ray luminosity of the source varies by up to three orders of…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2016-02-03 A. Patruno , D. Maitra , P. A. Curran , C. D'Angelo , J. K. Fridriksson , D. M. Russell , M. Middleton , R. Wijnands

After nearly a decade of quiescence, the transient Be/X-ray binary pulsar RX J0520.5-6932 underwent an outburst in 2024. We performed X-ray monitoring of the source with NICER and AstroSat near the peak of the event. Our primary objective…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2026-02-27 Rahul Sharma , Aru Beri , Biswajit Paul , Andrea Sanna , Chandreyee Maitra , Haonan Yang

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 report on INTEGRAL, Swift and XMM-Newton observations of IGR J17511-3057 performed during the outburst that occurred between March 23 and April 25, 2015. The source reached a peak flux of 0.7(2)E-9 erg/cm$^2$/s and decayed to quiescence…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2016-12-07 A. Papitto , E. Bozzo , C. Sanchez-Fernandez , P. Romano , D. F. Torres , C. Ferrigno , J. J. E. Kajava , E. Kuulkers

We present preliminary results of observations of X-ray pulsar SAX J2103.5+4545 with INTEGRAL observatory in Dec 2002. Maps of this sky region in energy bands 3-10, 15-40, 40-100 and 100-200 keV are presented. The source is significantly…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-07 A. Lutovinov , S. Molkov , M. Revnivtsev

Frequency glitches have been observed so far only in radio pulsars and anomalous X-ray pulsars. Here we present evidence of a glitch in a neutron star accreting from a Be companion. The transient KS 1947+300 reappeared in 2000 October as a…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-10 D. K. Galloway , E. H. Morgan , A. M. Levine

We report on an X-ray observation of the Be X-ray Binary Pulsar RX J0059.2-7138, performed by XMM-Newton in March 2014. The 19 ks long observation was carried out about three months after the discovery of the latest outburst from this Small…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2015-06-24 L. Sidoli , N. La Palombara , P. Esposito , A. Tiengo , S. Mereghetti

We present observations of a series of 10 outbursts of pulsed hard X-ray flux from the transient 10.6 mHz accreting pulsar GS 1843-02, using the Burst and Transient Source Experiment on the Compton Gamma Ray Observatory. These outbursts…