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astro-ph.HE2026

A high-resolution X-ray view of the ultra-fast outflow in MAXI J1810-222

C. Pinto, M. Del Santo, A. D'Aì +10

In previous work, it was reported that the Galactic black hole candidate MAXI J1810-222 exhibited a notable absorption spectral feature at around 1 keV in low-resolution X-ray spec…

astro-ph.HE2026★ 2 cited

A XRISM view of the iron line complex in NGC 1068: Rethinking the prototypical Compton-thick AGN

S. Bianchi, B. Vander Meulen, E. Bertola +32

We analyze a XRISM/Resolve observation of NGC1068, focusing on the Fe K and Fe K fluorescent lines and on the Fe XXV and Fe XXVI emission complexes. Line centroid energies, i…

astro-ph.HE2025★ 1 cited

Multiwavelength identification of millisecond pulsar candidates in the Galactic bulge

J. Berteaud, F. Calore, M. Clavel +4

The existence of a population of millisecond pulsars in the Galactic bulge is supported, along with other evidence, by the Fermi GeV excess, an anomalous γ-ray emission detected al…

astro-ph.HE2025

Discovery of two new millisecond pulsars towards the Galactic bulge

J. Berteaud, F. Calore, M. Clavel +13

The mysterious Galactic Center Excess of gamma rays could be explained by a large population of millisecond pulsars hiding in the Galactic bulge, too faint to be detected as indivi…

astro-ph.HE2025★ 3 cited

Multiple outflows and delayed ejections revealed by early imaging of novae

Elias Aydi, John D. Monnier, Antoine Mérand +39

Novae are thermonuclear eruptions on accreting white dwarfs in interacting binaries. Although most of the accreted envelope is expelled, the mechanism -- impulsive ejection, multip…

astro-ph.HE2025★ 2 cited

Effect of magnetic field inclination on black hole jet power and particle acceleration

Enzo Figueiredo, Benoît Cerutti, Kyle Parfrey

Rotating black holes are known to launch relativistic jets and accelerate particles provided they accrete a magnetized plasma. However, it remains unclear how the global magnetic f…

astro-ph.HE2025

Polarization of reflected X-ray emission from the Sgr A molecular complex: multiple flares, multiple sources?

Ildar Khabibullin, Eugene Churazov, Riccardo Ferrazzoli +100

The extended X-ray emission observed in the direction of several molecular clouds in the central molecular zone of our Galaxy exhibits spectral and temporal properties consistent w…

astro-ph.HE2025★ 5 cited

The inner structure and thermodynamics of a thin accretion disc

A. Hankla, J. Dexter, N. Scepi

Using three-dimensional general relativistic magnetohydrodynamic simulations with electron and proton thermodynamics and an electron cooling function, we probe the inner radial and…

astro-ph.HE2025★ 3 cited

A kinetic model of jet-corona coupling in accreting black holes

J. Mehlhaff, B. Cerutti, B. Crinquand

Black hole (BH) accretion disks are often coupled to ultramagnetized and tenuous plasma coronae close to their central BHs. The coronal magnetic field can exchange energy between t…

astro-ph.HE2025★ 4 cited

20 years of disk winds in 4U 1630-47 -- I. Long-term behavior and influence of hard X-rays

M. Parra, S. Bianchi, P. -O. Petrucci +7

Highly ionized X-ray wind signatures have been found in the soft states of high-inclination Black Hole Low Mass X-ray Binaries (BHLMXBs) for more than two decades. Yet signs of a s…

astro-ph.HE2025★ 8 cited

X-ray Polarization of the High-Synchrotron-Peak BL Lacertae Object 1ES 1959+650 during Intermediate and High X-ray Flux States

Luigi Pacciani, Dawoon E. Kim, Riccardo Middei +97

We report the Imaging X-ray Polarimetry Explorer (IXPE) polarimetric and simultaneous multiwavelength observations of the high-energy-peaked BL Lacertae (HBL) object 1ES 1959+650,…

astro-ph.HE2024

Detection of extended X-ray emission around the PeVatron microquasar V4641 Sgr with XRISM

Hiromasa Suzuki, Naomi Tsuji, Yoshiaki Kanemaru +26

A recent report on the detection of very-high-energy gamma rays from V4641 Sagittarii (V4641 Sgr) up to ~0.8 peta-electronvolt has made it the second confirmed "PeVatron" microquas…

astro-ph.HE2024★ 8 cited

Influence of the turbulent magnetic pressure on isothermal jet emitting disks

N. Zimniak, J. Ferreira, J. Jacquemin-Ide

The theory of jet emitting disks (JEDs) provides a mathematical framework for a self-consistent treatment of steady-state accretion and ejection. A large-scale vertical magnetic fi…

astro-ph.HE2024★ 10 cited

Synthetic pulsar lightcurves from global kinetic simulations and comparison with the Fermi-LAT catalog

Benoît Cerutti, Enzo Figueiredo, Guillaume Dubus

Rotation-powered pulsars represent the main class of identified gamma-ray sources in the Galaxy. The wealth of observational data collected by the AGILE and Fermi gamma-ray space t…

astro-ph.HE2024★ 10 cited

IXPE Observation of the Low-Synchrotron Peaked Blazar S4 0954+65 During An Optical-X-ray Flare

Pouya M. Kouch, Ioannis Liodakis, Francesco Fenu +134

The X-ray polarization observations made possible with the Imaging X-ray Polarimetry Explorer (IXPE) offer new ways of probing high-energy emission processes in astrophysical jets…

astro-ph.HE2024

Evidence for a shock-compressed magnetic field in the northwestern rim of Vela Jr. from X-ray polarimetry

Dmitry A. Prokhorov, Yi-Jung Yang, Riccardo Ferrazzoli +97

Synchrotron X-ray emission has been detected from nearly a dozen young supernova remnants (SNRs). X-rays of synchrotron origin exhibit linear polarization in a regular, non-randoml…

astro-ph.HE2024★ 9 cited

Thermal solutions of strongly magnetized disks and the hysteresis in X-ray binaries

Nicolas Scepi, Jason Dexter, Mitchell C. Begelman +3

X-ray binaries (XRBs) exhibit spectral hysteresis for luminosities in the range , with a hard X-ray spectral state that persists from…

astro-ph.HE2024★ 10 cited

Relativistic reconnection with effective resistivity: I. Dynamics and reconnection rate

M. Bugli, E. F. Lopresti, E. Figueiredo +6

Relativistic magnetic reconnection is one of the most fundamental mechanisms considered responsible for the acceleration of relativistic particles in astrophysical jets and magneto…

astro-ph.HE2024★ 14 cited

SIROCCO: A Publicly Available Monte Carlo Ionization and Radiative Transfer Code for Astrophysical Outflows

James H. Matthews, Knox S. Long, Christian Knigge +8

Outflows are critical components of many astrophysical systems, including accreting compact binaries and active galactic nuclei (AGN). These outflows can significantly affect a sys…

astro-ph.HE2024★ 1 cited

Particle Acceleration in Collisionless Magnetically Arrested Disks

Jesse Vos, Benoit Cerutti, Monika Moscibrodzka +1

We present the first collisionless realization of two-dimensional axisymmetric black hole accretion consistent with a persistent magnetically arrested disk state. The accretion flo…

astro-ph.HE2024★ 15 cited

Investigating the interplay between the coronal properties and the hard X-ray variability of active galactic nuclei with NuSTAR

Roberto Serafinelli, Alessandra De Rosa, Alessia Tortosa +11

Active galactic nuclei (AGN) are extremely variable in the X-ray band down to very short timescales. However, the driver behind the X-ray variability is still poorly understood. Pr…

astro-ph.HE2024★ 18 cited

A second view on the X-ray polarization of NGC 4151 with IXPE

V. E. Gianolli, S. Bianchi, E. Kammoun +21

We report on the second observing program of the active galactic nucleus NGC 4151 with simultaneous Imaging X-ray Polarimetry Explorer (IXPE; {\sim}750 ks), NuSTAR ({\sim}60 ks), X…

astro-ph.HE2024★ 10 cited

Scaling up global kinetic models of pulsar magnetospheres using a hybrid force-free-PIC numerical approach

Adrien Soudais, Benoît Cerutti, Ioannis Contopoulos

The particle-in-cell approach has proven effective at modeling neutron star and black hole magnetospheres from first principles, but global simulations are plagued with an unrealis…

astro-ph.HE2024★ 15 cited

Probing the polarized emission from SMC X-1: the brightest X-ray pulsar observed by IXPE

Sofia V. Forsblom, Sergey S. Tsygankov, Juri Poutanen +101

Recent observations of X-ray pulsars (XRPs) performed by the Imaging X-ray Polarimetry Explorer (IXPE) have made it possible to investigate the intricate details of these objects i…