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astro-ph.HE2020★ 14 cited

Insight-HXMT observations of Swift J0243.6+6124: the evolution of RMS pulse fractions at super-Eddington luminosity

P. J. Wang, L. D. Kong, S. Zhang +116

Based on Insight-HXMT data, we report on the pulse fraction evolution during the 2017-2018 outburst of the newly discovered first Galactic ultraluminous X-ray source (ULX) Swift J0…

astro-ph.HE2020★ 38 cited

Improved deep learning techniques in gravitational-wave data analysis

Heming Xia, Lijing Shao, Junjie Zhao +1

In recent years, convolutional neural network (CNN) and other deep learning models have been gradually introduced into the area of gravitational-wave (GW) data processing. Compared…

astro-ph.HE2020★ 16 cited

Giant X-ray and optical Bump in GRBs: evidence for fall-back accretion model

Litao Zhao, He Gao, WeiHua Lei +2

The successful operation of dedicated detectors has brought us valuable information for understanding the central engine and the progenitor of gamma-ray bursts (GRBs). For instance…

astro-ph.HE2020★ 64 cited

Neutron Star Mergers in AGN Accretion Disks: Cocoon and Ejecta Shock Breakouts

Jin-Ping Zhu, Bing Zhang, Yun-Wei Yu +1

Neutron star mergers are believed to occur in accretion disks around supermassive black holes. Here we show that a putative jet launched from the merger of a binary neutron star (B…

astro-ph.HE2020

A comparison between repeating bursts of FRB 121102 and giant pulses from Crab pulsar and its applications

Fen Lyu, Yan-Zhi Meng, Zhen-Fan Tang +6

There are some similarities between bursts of repeating fast radio bursts (FRBs) and giant pulses (GPs) of pulsars. To explore possible relations between them, we study the cumulat…

astro-ph.HE2020★ 8 cited

X-ray reprocessing in accreting pulsar GX 301-2 observed with Insight-HXMT

L. Ji, V. Doroshenko, V. Suleimanov +100

We investigate the absorption and emission features in observations of GX 301-2 detected with Insight-HXMT/LE in 2017-2019. At different orbital phases, we found prominent Fe Kalph…

astro-ph.HE2020★ 17 cited

Insight-HXMT observations of a possible fast transition from jet to wind dominated state during a huge flare of GRS~1915+105

L. D. Kong, S. Zhang, Y. P. Chen +92

We present the analysis of the brightest flare that was recorded in the \emph{Insight}-HMXT data set, in a broad energy range (2200 keV) from the microquasar GRS~1915+105 during…

astro-ph.HE2020★ 12 cited

Persistent Emission Properties of SGR J1935+2154 During Its 2020 Active Episode

Ersin Gogus, Matthew G. Baring, Chryssa Kouveliotou +6

We present detailed spectral and temporal characteristics of the persistent X-ray emission of SGR J1935+2154 based on our XMM-Newton and Chandra observations taken in the aftermath…

astro-ph.HE2020★ 51 cited

Diving below the spin-down limit: Constraints on gravitational waves from the energetic young pulsar PSR J0537-6910

The LIGO Scientific Collaboration, the Virgo Collaboration, the KAGRA Collaboration +1589

We present a search for continuous gravitational-wave signals from the young, energetic X-ray pulsar PSR J0537-6910 using data from the second and third observing runs of LIGO and…

astro-ph.HE2020★ 36 cited

Physical origin of the nonphysical spin evolution of MAXI J1820+070

J. Guan, L. Tao, J. L. Qu +91

We report on the Insight-HXMT observations of the new black hole X-ray binary MAXI J1820+070 during its 2018 outburst. Detailed spectral analysis via the continuum fitting method s…

astro-ph.HE2020★ 5 cited

Simulation of the orbit and spin period evolution of the double pulsars PSR J0737-3039 from their birth to coalescence induced by the gravitational wave radiation

Peng Liu, Yi-Yan Yang, Jian-Wei Zhang +1

The complete orbital and sin period evolutions of the double neutron star (NS) system PSR J0737-3039 are simulated from the birth to coalescence, which include the two observed rad…

astro-ph.HE2020★ 16 cited

The evolution of a newborn millisecond magnetar with a propeller-recycling disk

Shao-Ze Li, Yun-Wei Yu, He Gao +1

A rapidly rotating and highly magnetized neutron star (NS) could be formed from the explosive phenomena such as superluminous supernovae and gamma-ray bursts. This newborn NS can s…

astro-ph.HE2020★ 29 cited

Fast radio bursts: do repeaters and non-repeaters originate in statistically similar ensembles

Xiang-Han Cui, Cheng-Min Zhang, Shuang-Qiang Wang +9

Fast Radio Bursts (FRBs) are the short, strong radio pulses lasting several milliseconds. They are subsequently identified, for the most part, as emanating from unknown objects at…

astro-ph.HE2020★ 54 cited

Kilonova Emission From Black Hole-Neutron Star Mergers. II. Luminosity Function and Implications for Target-of-opportunity Observations of Gravitational-wave Triggers and Blind Searches

Jin-Ping Zhu, Shichao Wu, Yuan-Pei Yang +8

We present detailed simulations of black hole-neutron star (BH-NS) mergers kilonova and gamma-ray burst (GRB) afterglow and kilonova luminosity function, and discuss the detectabil…

astro-ph.HE2020★ 32 cited

Lorentz Invariance Violation Limits from the Spectral Lag Transition of GRB~190114C

Shen-Shi Du, Lin Lan, Jun-Jie Wei +8

The spectral lags of gamma-ray bursts (GRBs) have been viewed as the most promising probes of the possible violations of Lorentz invariance (LIV). However, these constraints usuall…

astro-ph.HE2020★ 69 cited

Fermi/GBM View of the 2019 and 2020 Burst Active Episodes of SGR J1935+2154

Lin Lin, Ersin Gogus, Oliver J. Roberts +5

We present temporal and time-integrated spectral analyses of 148 bursts from the latest activation of SGR J1935+2154, observed with Fermi/GBM from October 4th 2019 through May 20th…

astro-ph.HE2020★ 30 cited

A variable ionized disk wind in the black-hole candidate EXO 1846-031

Yanan Wang, Long Ji, Javier A. Garcia +88

After 34 years, the black-hole candidate EXO 1846-031 went into outburst again in 2019. We investigate its spectral properties in the hard intermediate and the soft states with NuS…

astro-ph.HE2020★ 18 cited

Timing analysis of the black hole candidate EXO 1846-031 with Insight-HXMT monitoring

He-Xin Liu, Yue Huang, Guang-Cheng Xiao +118

We present the observational results from a detailed timing analysis of the black hole candidate EXO 1846-031 during its outburst in 2019 with the observations of Insight-HXMT, NIC…

astro-ph.HE2020★ 129 cited

Discovery of oscillations above 200 keV in a black hole X-ray binary with Insight-HXMT

Xiang Ma, Lian Tao, Shuang-Nan Zhang +119

Low-frequency quasi-periodic oscillations (LFQPOs) are commonly found in black hole X-ray binaries, and their origin is still under debate. The properties of LFQPOs at high energie…

astro-ph.HE2020★ 12 cited

Bursts before Burst: A Comparative Study on FRB 200428-associated and FRB-absent X-ray Bursts from SGR J1935+2154

Yu-Han Yang, Bin-Bin Zhang, Lin Lin +8

Accompanied by an X-ray burst, the fast radio burst (FRB) FRB 200428 was recently confirmed as originating from the Galactic magnetar soft gamma repeater (SGR) SGR J1935+2154. Just…

astro-ph.HE2020★ 88 cited

The NICER View of the 2020 Burst Storm and Persistent Emission of SGR 1935+2154

George Younes, Tolga Guver, Chryssa Kouveliotou +12

We report on NICER observations of the Magnetar SGR~1935+2154, covering its 2020 burst storm and long-term persistent emission evolution up to days post outburst. During t…

astro-ph.HE2020★ 12 cited

Constraining the transient high-energy activity of FRB180916.J0158+65 with Insight-HXMT followup observations

C. Guidorzi, M. Orlandini, F. Frontera +96

A link between magnetars and fast radio burst (FRB) sources has finally been established. In this context, one of the open issues is whether/which sources of extra galactic FRBs ex…

astro-ph.HE2020★ 22 cited

Insight-HXMT firm detection of the highest energy fundamental cyclotron resonance scattering feature in the spectrum of GRO J1008-57

M. Y. Ge, L. Ji, S. N. Zhang +118

We report on the observation of the accreting pulsar GRO J1008-57 performed by Insight-HXMT at the peak of the source's 2017 outburst. Pulsations are detected with a spin period of…

astro-ph.HE2020★ 5 cited

Special supernova signature from BH-NS/BH progenitor systems

He Gao, Liang-Duan Liu, Wei-Hua Lei +1

The gravitational-wave detection by the LIGO-Virgo scientific collaboration shows that the black hole and neutron star (BH-NS) or BH-BH systems with a BH mass of tens of solar mass…