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astro-ph.HE2025

The enhanced X-ray Timing and Polarimetry mission -- eXTP for launch in 2030

Shuang-Nan Zhang, Andrea Santangelo, Yupeng Xu +155

In this paper we present the current status of the enhanced X-ray Timing and Polarimetry mission, which has been fully approved for launch in 2030. eXTP is a space science mission…

astro-ph.IM2025

In-flight Characteristics and Modelling of the Instrumental Background of EP/FXT

Juan Zhang, Yong Chen, Shumei Jia +15

The in-flight instrumental background of the Follow-up X-ray Telescope (FXT) onboard Einstein Probe (EP) mission is analysed in this work by utilizing observations collected during…

astro-ph.IM2021

The design and implementation of GECAM satellite payload performance monitoring software

Peng Zhang, Xiang Ma, Yue Huang +7

Background The Gravitational wave high-energy Electromagnetic Counterpart All-sky Monitor (GECAM) is primarily designed to spot gamma-ray bursts corresponding to gravitational wave…

astro-ph.HE2021

Insight-HXMT observations of jet-like corona in a black hole X-ray binary MAXI J1820+070

Bei You, Yuoli Tuo, Chengzhe Li +123

A black hole X-ray binary produces hard X-ray radiation from its corona and disk when the accreting matter heats up. During an outburst, the disk and corona co-evolves with each ot…

astro-ph.HE2024

Studies on the soft intermediate state X-ray flare of MAXI J1535-571 during its 2017 outburst

Ruican Ma, Lian Tao, Mariano Méndez +15

We analyzed an observation with the Nuclear Spectroscopic Telescope Array of the black-hole X-ray binary MAXI J1535-571 in the soft intermediate state, in which we detected a 2.5-k…

astro-ph.HE2011

The 2009 outburst from the new X-ray transient and black-hole candidate XTE J1652453

Peng Han, Jinlu Qu, Shu Zhang +5

The RXTE and Swift observations on the 2009 outburst from a newly discovered transient and black-hole candidate XTE J1652453 are analyzed. The source was observed by RXTE to beh…