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astro-ph.HE2023★ 27 cited

X-Ray Polarized View on the Accretion Geometry in the X-Ray Binary Circinus X-1

John Rankin, Fabio La Monaca, Alessandro Di Marco +101

Cir X-1 is a neutron star X-ray binary characterized by strong variations in flux during its eccentric 16.6 days orbit. There are also strong variations in the spectral state…

astro-ph.HE2023★ 12 cited

Pulsar-wind-nebula-powered Galactic center X-ray filament G0.13-0.11: Proof of the synchrotron nature by IXPE

Eugene Churazov, Ildar Khabibullin, Thibault Barnouin +103

We report the discovery of X-ray polarization from the X-ray-bright filament. G0.13-0.11 in the Galactic center (GC) region. This filament features a bright, hard X-ray source that…

astro-ph.HE2023★ 93 cited

First M87 Event Horizon Telescope Results. IX. Detection of Near-horizon Circular Polarization

The Event Horizon Telescope Collaboration

Event Horizon Telescope (EHT) observations have revealed a bright ring of emission around the supermassive black hole at the center of the M87 galaxy. EHT images in linear polariza…

astro-ph.HE2023★ 12 cited

Polarimetric Geometric Modeling for mm-VLBI Observations of Black Holes

Freek Roelofs, Michael D. Johnson, Andrew Chael +4

The Event Horizon Telescope (EHT) is a millimeter very long baseline interferometry (VLBI) array that has imaged the apparent shadows of the supermassive black holes M87* and Sagit…

astro-ph.HE2023★ 681 cited

First Sagittarius A* Event Horizon Telescope Results. VI: Testing the Black Hole Metric

The Event Horizon Telescope Collaboration

Astrophysical black holes are expected to be described by the Kerr metric. This is the only stationary, vacuum, axisymmetric metric, without electromagnetic charge, that satisfies…

astro-ph.HE2023★ 450 cited

First Sagittarius A* Event Horizon Telescope Results. III: Imaging of the Galactic Center Supermassive Black Hole

The Event Horizon Telescope Collaboration

We present the first event-horizon-scale images and spatiotemporal analysis of Sgr A* taken with the Event Horizon Telescope in 2017 April at a wavelength of 1.3 mm. Imaging of Sgr…

astro-ph.HE2023★ 548 cited

First Sagittarius A* Event Horizon Telescope Results. V. Testing Astrophysical Models of the Galactic Center Black Hole

The Event Horizon Telescope Collaboration

In this paper, we provide a first physical interpretation for the Event Horizon Telescope (EHT)'s 2017 observations of Sgr A*. Our main approach is to compare resolved EHT data at…

astro-ph.HE2023★ 1.9k cited

First Sagittarius A* Event Horizon Telescope Results. I. The Shadow of the Supermassive Black Hole in the Center of the Milky Way

The Event Horizon Telescope Collaboration

We present the first Event Horizon Telescope (EHT) observations of Sagittarius A* (Sgr A), the Galactic center source associated with a supermassive black hole. These observati…

astro-ph.HE2023★ 370 cited

First Sagittarius A* Event Horizon Telescope Results. IV. Variability, Morphology, and Black Hole Mass

The Event Horizon Telescope Collaboration

In this paper we quantify the temporal variability and image morphology of the horizon-scale emission from Sgr A*, as observed by the EHT in 2017 April at a wavelength of 1.3 mm. W…

astro-ph.HE2023★ 376 cited

First Sagittarius A* Event Horizon Telescope Results. II. EHT and Multi-wavelength Observations, Data Processing, and Calibration

The Event Horizon Telescope Collaboration

We present Event Horizon Telescope (EHT) 1.3 mm measurements of the radio source located at the position of the supermassive black hole Sagittarius A* (Sgr A*), collected during th…

astro-ph.HE2023★ 9 cited

Multi-band Cross-correlated Radio Variability of the Blazar 3C 279

Krishna Mohana A, Alok C. Gupta, Alan P. Marscher +18

We present the results of our study of cross-correlations between long-term multi-band observations of the radio variability of the blazar 3C 279. More than a decade (2008-2022) of…

astro-ph.HE2023★ 15 cited

Quasi-simultaneous Optical Flux and Polarization Variability of the Binary Super Massive Black Hole Blazar OJ 287 from 2015 to 2023: Detection of an Anticorrelation in Flux and Polarization Variability

Alok C. Gupta, Pankaj Kushwaha, Mauri J. Valtonen +25

We study the optical flux and polarization variability of the binary black hole blazar OJ 287 using quasi-simultaneous observations from 2015 to 2023 carried out using telescopes i…

astro-ph.HE2023★ 51 cited

Filamentary structures as the origin of blazar jet radio variability

Antonio Fuentes, José L. Gómez, José M. Martí +22

Supermassive black holes at the centre of active galactic nuclei power some of the most luminous objects in the Universe. Typically, very long baseline interferometric (VLBI) obser…

astro-ph.HE2023★ 8 cited

The Repeating Flaring Activity of Blazar AO 0235+164

Juan Escudero Pedrosa, Iván Agudo, Andrea Tramacere +27

Context. Blazar AO 0235+164, located at redshift z = 0.94, has undergone several sharp multi-spectral-range flaring episodes during the last decades. In particular, the episodes pe…

astro-ph.HE2023★ 39 cited

Highly Significant Detection of X-Ray Polarization from the Brightest Accreting Neutron Star Sco X-1

Fabio La Monaca, Alessandro Di Marco, Juri Poutanen +116

The Imaging X-ray Polarimetry Explorer (IXPE) measured with high significance the X-ray polarization of the brightest Z-source Scorpius X-1, resulting in the nominal 2-8 keV energy…

astro-ph.HE2023★ 43 cited

Magnetic Field Properties inside the Jet of Mrk 421: Multiwavelength Polarimetry Including the Imaging X-ray Polarimetry Explorer

Dawoon E. Kim, Laura Di Gesu, Ioannis Liodakis +133

We conducted a polarimetry campaign from radio to X-ray wavelengths of the high-synchrotron-peak (HSP) blazar Mrk 421, including Imaging X-ray Polarimetry Explorer (IXPE) measureme…

astro-ph.HE2023★ 26 cited

First X-ray polarization measurement confirms the low black-hole spin in LMC X-3

Jiří Svoboda, Michal Dovčiak, James F. Steiner +109

X-ray polarization is a powerful tool to investigate the geometry of accreting material around black holes, allowing independent measurements of the black hole spin and orientation…

astro-ph.HE2023★ 22 cited

Long-term follow-up observations of extreme coronal line emitting galaxies

Peter Clark, Or Graur, Joseph Callow +40

We present new spectroscopic and photometric follow-up observations of the known sample of extreme coronal line emitting galaxies (ECLEs) identified in the Sloan Digital Sky Survey…

astro-ph.HE2023★ 45 cited

X-ray polarimetry and spectroscopy of the neutron star low-mass X-ray binary GX 9+9: an in-depth study with IXPE and NuSTAR

F. Ursini, R. Farinelli, A. Gnarini +101

We report on a comprehensive analysis of simultaneous X-ray polarimetric and spectral data of the bright atoll source GX 9+9 with the Imaging X-ray Polarimetry Explorer (IXPE) and…

astro-ph.HE2023★ 36 cited

First detection of X-ray polarization from the accreting neutron star 4U 1820-303

Alessandro Di Marco, Fabio La Monaca, Juri Poutanen +116

This paper reports the first detection of polarization in the X-rays for atoll-source 4U 1820-303, obtained with the Imaging X-ray Polarimetry Explorer (IXPE) at 99.999% confidence…

astro-ph.HE2023★ 29 cited

Complex variations of X-ray polarization in the X-ray pulsar LS V +44 17/RX J0440.9+4431

Victor Doroshenko, Juri Poutanen, Jeremy Heyl +109

We report on Imaging X-ray polarimetry explorer (IXPE) observations of the Be-transient X-ray pulsar LS V +44 17/RX J0440.9+4431 made at two luminosity levels during the giant outb…

astro-ph.HE2023★ 52 cited

Search for astrophysical electron antineutrinos in Super-Kamiokande with 0.01wt% gadolinium-loaded water

M. Harada, K. Abe, C. Bronner +238

We report the first search result for the flux of astrophysical electron antineutrinos for energies O(10) MeV in the gadolinium-loaded Super-Kamiokande (SK) detector. In June 2020,…

astro-ph.HE2023★ 9 cited

VERITAS discovery of very high energy gamma-ray emission from S3 1227+25 and multiwavelength observations

Atreya Acharyya, Colin Adams, Avery Archer +68

We report the detection of very high energy gamma-ray emission from the blazar S3 1227+25 (VER J1230+253) with the Very Energetic Radiation Imaging Telescope Array System (VERITAS)…

astro-ph.HE2023★ 24 cited

X-ray polarimetry of the accreting pulsar GX 301-2

Valery F. Suleimanov, Sofia V. Forsblom, Sergey S. Tsygankov +102

The phase- and energy-resolved polarization measurements of accreting X-ray pulsars (XRPs) allow us to test different theoretical models of their emission, and they also provide an…