Publications (10)
NuSTAR low energy effective area correction due to thermal blanket tear
Kristin K. Madsen, Brian W. Grefenstette, Sean Pike +4
A rip in the MLI at the exit aperture of OMA, the NuSTAR optic aligned with detector focal plane module FPMA, has resulted in an increased photon flux through OMA that has manifest…
Multi-wavelength observations of the black widow pulsar 2FGL J2339.6-0532 with OISTER and Suzaku
Yoichi Yatsu, Jun Kataoka, Yosuke Takahashi +41
Multi-wavelength observations of the black-widow binary system 2FGL J2339.6-0532 are reported. The Fermi gamma-ray source 2FGL J2339.6-0532 was recently categorized as a black wido…
Swift monitoring of M51: A 38-day super-orbital period for the pulsar ULX7 and a new transient ULX
Murray Brightman, Hannah Earnshaw, Felix Fürst +6
We present the results from a monitoring campaign made with the Neil Gehrels Swift Observatory of the M51 galaxies, which contain several variable ultraluminous X-ray sources (ULXs…
Evolution of the spin, spectrum and super-orbital period of the ultraluminous X-ray pulsar M51 ULX7
Murray Brightman, Matteo Bachetti, Hannah Earnshaw +6
M51 ULX7 is among a small group of known ultraluminous X-ray pulsars (ULXP). The neutron star powering the source has a spin period of 2.8s, orbits its companion star with a period…
Discovery of pulsation dropout and turn-on during the high state of the accreting X-ray pulsar LMC X-4
McKinley C. Brumback, Ryan C. Hickox, Matteo Bachetti +6
Two \textit{NuSTAR} observations of the luminous X-ray pulsar LMC X-4 in October and November 2015 captured several bright accretion flares from this source, which has a long histo…
In-orbit Spectral Calibration Prospects for the COSI Space Telescope
Aravind B. Valluvan, Steven E. Boggs, Savitri Gallego +8
The Compton Spectrometer and Imager is an upcoming NASA space telescope in the MeV range. COSI's primary science goals include precisely mapping nuclear line and positron annihilat…