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astro-ph.HE2026

Improved proper motion and gravity tests with PSR J1913+1102

Xueli Miao, Paulo C. C. Freire, Norbert Wex +11

PSR J1913+1102 is a highly asymmetric double neutron star system and an excellent laboratory for testing scalar-tensor gravity theories, as well as a potential progenitor analogue…

astro-ph.HE2026

Constraining the Pulsar 3D Velocity Distribution: The Impact of Spin-Velocity Alignment

Zheng Li, Xiaojin Liu, Zhi-Qiang You +2

Quantifying the natal kick distribution of pulsars is essential for understanding supernova physics and binary evolution, yet measurements are historically limited by the lack of r…

astro-ph.HE2026

Kinematic Evidence for Open Cluster Origins of Galactic Binary Neutron Stars

Wen-Jie Yu, Lu Zhou, Zhi-Qiang You +4

We investigate the potential birthplace of Galactic binary neutron star (BNS) systems through a kinematic analysis. Using high-precision astrometry from Gaia DR3, updated pulsar di…

astro-ph.HE2026★ 1 cited

An Archival Optical Counterpart Search for Extragalactic Fast X-Ray Transients Discovered by Einstein Probe

Run-Duo Liang, Wen-Xiong Li, Liang-Duan Liu +50

Extragalactic fast X-ray transients (eFXTs) represent a rapidly growing class of high-energy phenomena, whose physical origins remain poorly understood. With its wide-field, sensit…

astro-ph.HE2026

The nearby He-rich superluminous supernova SN 2021bnw during photospheric phases

A. Fiore, A. Kozyreva, L. Yan +40

Aim. We present and interpret the data of the nearby hydrogen-deficient but helium-rich superluminous supernova SN 2021bnw which reached a magnitude of -20.7 at maximum luminosity…

astro-ph.HE2025

Beyond the Simple Power Law: A Bayesian Analysis of 897 Pulsar Spectra

Qingzheng Gao, Xiao-Jin Liu, Zhi-Qiang You +2

We present a comprehensive re-evaluation of pulsar radio spectra using the largest curated dataset of calibrated flux densities to date, comprising 897 pulsars, and employing a rob…

astro-ph.HE2025★ 3 cited

Detectability of dark matter density distribution via gravitational waves from binary black holes in the Galactic center

Zhijin Li, Xiao Guo, Zhoujian Cao +1

The fundamental nature of dark matter (DM) remains unknown, with significant uncertainties in its density profile. DM environments surrounding massive binary black holes (BBHs) mod…

astro-ph.HE2025★ 1 cited

Search for the Optical Counterpart of Einstein Probe Discovered Fast X-ray Transients from Lulin Observatory

Amar Aryan, Ting-Wan Chen, Sheng Yang +24

The launch of the Einstein Probe (EP) mission has revolutionized the detection and follow-up observations of fast X-ray transients (FXTs) by providing prompt and timely access to t…

astro-ph.HE2025★ 5 cited

Probing intermediate-mass black hole binaries with the Lunar Gravitational-wave Antenna

Hanlin Song, Han Yan, Yacheng Kang +3

New concepts for observing the gravitational waves (GWs) using a detector on the Moon, such as the Lunar Gravitational-wave Antenna (LGWA), have gained increasing attention. By uti…

astro-ph.HE2024★ 15 cited

The birth mass function of neutron stars

Zhi-Qiang You, Xingjiang Zhu, Xiaojin Liu +12

The birth mass function of neutron stars encodes rich information about supernova explosions, double star evolution, and properties of matter under extreme conditions. To date, it…

astro-ph.HE2024★ 5 cited

Vetting quark-star models with gravitational waves in the hierarchical Bayesian framework

Ziming Wang, Yong Gao, Dicong Liang +2

The recent discovery of gravitational waves (GWs) has opened a new avenue for investigating the equation of state (EOS) of dense matter in compact stars, which is an outstanding pr…

astro-ph.HE2024★ 1 cited

Checking the Empirical Relations with the Current Localized Fast Radio Bursts

Lin-Yu Li, Jing-Yi Jia, Da-Chun Qiang +1

Although fast radio bursts (FRBs) were discovered more than a decade ago, and they have been one of the active fields in astronomy and cosmology, their origins are still unknown. A…

astro-ph.HE2024★ 10 cited

On the initial spin period distribution of neutron stars

Shen-Shi Du, Xiao-Jin Liu, Zu-Cheng Chen +3

We derive the initial spin period distribution of neutron stars by studying the population of young pulsars associated with supernova remnants. Our hierarchical Bayesian approach a…

astro-ph.HE2023★ 7 cited

On the spin period distribution of millisecond pulsars

Xiao-Jin Liu, Zhi-Qiang You, Zu-Cheng Chen +3

Spin period distribution provides important clues to understand the formation of millisecond pulsars (MSPs). To uncover the intrinsic period distribution, we analyze three samples…

astro-ph.HE2023★ 26 cited

Minutes-duration Optical Flares with Supernova Luminosities

Anna Y. Q. Ho, Daniel A. Perley, Ping Chen +74

In recent years, certain luminous extragalactic optical transients have been observed to last only a few days. Their short observed duration implies a different powering mechanism…

astro-ph.HE2023★ 19 cited

Sub-second periodic radio oscillations in a microquasar

Pengfu Tian, Ping Zhang, Wei Wang +18

Powerful relativistic jets are one of the ubiquitous features of accreting black holes in all scales. GRS 1915+105 is a well-known fast-spinning black-hole X-ray binary with a rela…

astro-ph.HE2023★ 13 cited

Magnetar Flare-Driven Bumpy Declining Light Curves in Hydrogen-poor Superluminous Supernovae

Xiao-Fei Dong, Liang-Duan Liu, He Gao +1

Recent observations indicate that hydrogen-poor superluminous supernovae often display bumpy declining light curves. However, the cause of these undulations remains unclear. In thi…

astro-ph.HE2023★ 36 cited

A Sensitive Search for Supernova Emission Associated with the Extremely Energetic and Nearby GRB 221009A

Gokul P. Srinivasaragavan, Brendan O' Connor, S. Bradley Cenko +24

We report observations of the optical counterpart of the long gamma-ray burst (LGRB) GRB 221009A. Due to the extreme rarity of being both nearby () and highly energetic…

astro-ph.HE2023★ 27 cited

Collapsars as Sites of r-process Nucleosynthesis: Systematic Near-Infrared Follow-up of Type Ic-BL Supernovae

Shreya Anand, Jennifer Barnes, Sheng Yang +41

One of the open questions following the discovery of GW170817 is whether neutron star mergers are the only astrophysical sites capable of producing -process elements. Simulation…

astro-ph.HE2023★ 13 cited

HAFFET: Hybrid Analytic Flux FittEr for Transients

Sheng Yang, Jesper Sollerman

The progenitors for many types of supernovae (SNe) are still unknown, and an approach to diagnose their physical origins is to investigate the light curve brightness and shape of a…

astro-ph.HE2022★ 41 cited

A radio-detected Type Ia supernova with helium-rich circumstellar material

Erik C. Kool, Joel Johansson, Jesper Sollerman +34

Type Ia supernovae (SNe Ia) are thermonuclear explosions of degenerate white dwarf (WD) stars destabilized by mass accretion from a companion star, but the nature of their progenit…