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astro-ph.HE2026

Weak Radio and Bright Early Optical Emission in EP260321a: A Comparative Study with XRO 080109 Reveals the Role of Circumstellar Material Mass

Cui-Yuan Dai, Xiang-Yu Wang, Jian-He Zheng

Shock breakout (SBO) occurs when a radiation-mediated shock wave, formed during a core-collapse supernova (SN) explosion, breaks out from the stellar surface of the progenitor or f…

astro-ph.HE2026

Rapid Orbital Decay in the Ultracompact Double-degenerate Binary eRASSU J060839.5704014

Rahul Sharma, Chandreyee Maitra, Frank Haberl +9

We present timing and spectral analysis of the recently identified ultracompact double-degenerate (DD) white dwarf binary eRASSU J060839.5704014 using observations from NICER an…

astro-ph.HE2026

Different Jet Dissipation Mechanisms Underlying the Variability in Blazars

Hong-bin Tan, Ruo-yu Liu

Blazars are among the most extreme classes of active galactic nuclei. They are powered by relativistic jets, but the way in which the jet energy is dissipated is still unclear. The…

astro-ph.HE2026

EP241113a: dissipative photospheric emission from a dirty fireball

Cui-Yuan Dai, Xiang-Yu Wang, Bing Zhang

EP241113a, a soft X-ray transient detected by the Einstein Probe (EP), has an isotropic-equivalent energy () comparable to classical gamma-r…

astro-ph.HE2026

Chandra and XMM-Newton X-ray Study on the Core-collapse Supernova Remnant N63A in an H II Region

Hanxiao Chen, Yang Chen, Lei Sun +1

N63A is one of the brightest supernova remnants (SNRs) in the Large Magellanic Cloud and provides an excellent laboratory for studying SNR evolution in an H II region. We present a…

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Fast radio bursts, magnetars and earthquakes: their "family feud"?

Si-Lu Xu, Yong-Kun Zhang, Pei Wang +24

Fast radio bursts (FRBs) are millisecond-duration cosmic transients whose origin remains elusive. Competing models invoke either earthquake-like processes or flare-like mechanisms.…

astro-ph.HE2026★ 1 cited

A 4.5-s Quasiperiodic Spectral Oscillation in GRB 230307A: Evidence for Free Precession of a Post-Merger Magnetar?

Run-Chao Chen, Jun Yang, Bin-Bin Zhang +4

Millisecond magnetars, rapidly rotating neutron stars with ultra-strong magnetic fields, have long been proposed as central engines of gamma-ray bursts (GRBs). For GRBs produced by…

astro-ph.HE2026★ 1 cited

Strong X-ray Variability of I Zwicky 1: Obscuration from Clumpy Accretion-Disk Winds

Jian Huang, Bin Luo, W. N. Brandt +2

Obscuration from clumpy accretion-disk winds has been invoked to explain the extreme X-ray weakness and X-ray variability observed in a substantial fraction of super-Eddington accr…

astro-ph.HE2026★ 1 cited

Jet-Structure Imprint on the Curvature Tail of Gamma-Ray Burst Prompt Emission

Zhen-Yu Yan, Xiao-Hong Zhao, Hendrik J. van Eerten +7

Even though the prompt emission of gamma-ray bursts (GRBs) is highly beamed, high-latitude emission still produces a distinct light curve break after the intrinsic emission ceases…

astro-ph.HE2026

X-ray luminous late-type giants: an overlooked population contributing to the Galactic ridge iron line emission

Tong Bao, Gabriele Ponti, Xiao-jie Xu +8

The origin of the highly ionized iron emission (Fe XXV at ) characterizing the Galactic ridge X-ray emission (GRXE) remains a fundamental puzzle in high-energy a…

astro-ph.HE2026

Detectability of continuous gravitational waves from planetary-mass companions orbiting compact stars

Abdusattar Kurban, Xia Zhou, Na Wang +7

Binary systems with ultrashort-period planetary-mass companions are expected to radiate continuous gravitational waves (GWs). However, earlier studies found that the detectability…

astro-ph.HE2026

A Falsifiable Timing Test for the Double-White-Dwarf Model of Long-Period Transients

Yejing Zhan, Di Wang, Fa-Yin Wang

Long-period transients (LPTs) are a newly identified class of radio sources with burst recurrence times from minutes to hours, and their diversity suggests multiple physical origin…

astro-ph.HE2026★ 1 cited

A Complete X-ray View of Supernova Remnant W28 with Einstein Probe: Spatial Distribution of Parameters and Origin of the Thermal-Composite Morphology

Yi-Heng Chi, Ping Zhou, Yang Chen +6

It has been an unsolved question what leads a supernova remnant (SNR) to a thermal composite rather than a typical shell-like morphology, and what causes recombining plasma inside…

astro-ph.HE2026

Spectral Hardness as the Primary Discriminator: Unveiling the Collapsar--Merger Boundary with a Gold-Standard Gamma-Ray Burst Sample

Xue Zhang, Yan-Kun Qu, Shuang-Xi Yi +4

In this Letter, we establish a robust, physically motivated classification method using a Support Vector Machine (SVM) trained on a "gold-standard" sample of 24 GRBs with spectrosc…

astro-ph.HE2026★ 3 cited

An extreme particle accelerator powered by pulsar PSR J1849-0001

The LHAASO Collaboration

Pulsar wind nebulae (PWNe) are bubbles of relativistic particles, powered by the rotational energy loss of the central pulsars. The Crab Nebula, powered by the Milky Way's most ene…

astro-ph.HE2026★ 1 cited

Ultra-compact X-ray Binaries: A Review

Bo Wang, Dongdong Liu, Yunlang Guo +3

Ultra-compact X-ray binaries (UCXBs) are a subclass of low-mass X-ray binaries (LMXBs) characterized by ultra-short orbital periods, typically less than min. They consist…

astro-ph.HE2026★ 1 cited

Fast X-ray Transients produced by Off-axis Jet-Cocoons from Long Gamma-Ray Bursts

Jian-He Zheng, Wenbin Lu

Fast X-ray transients (FXTs) have been detected for over a decade, yet their origins are still enigmatic. The observed association between FXTs and broad-lined Type Ic supernovae (…

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Flux Variations of Fast Radio Bursts and Their Persistent Radio Sources: Evidence for a Shared Progenitor

Xinming Li, Chenhui Niu, Jiaheng Zhang +24

Fast radio bursts (FRBs) are millisecond-duration extragalactic radio transients, some of which are associated with compact persistent radio sources (PRSs), hinting at a physical c…

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Anisotropic Diffusion in Pulsar Halos: Interpreting the asymmetric morphology of Geminga and Monogem halos measured by HAWC

Si-Zhe Wu, Chao-Ming Li, Ruo-Yu Liu

Pulsar halos are produced by electrons and positrons diffusing in the interstellar medium around their parent pulsar wind nebulae. Recent observations by HAWC and LHAASO have revea…

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Tidal capture and repeating partial tidal disruption events of giant stars

Di Wang, Fa-Yin Wang

When an object is scattered near a supermassive black hole (SMBH), tidal oscillations excited within it reduce its orbital energy, leading to capture by the SMBH. This process, cal…

astro-ph.HE2026

Exploring the central engines of gamma-ray bursts from prompt light curves

Xue Zhang, Shuang-Xi Yi, Wei-Hua Lei +6

Hyperaccreting stellar-mass black hole systems are leading candidates for the central engines of gamma-ray bursts (GRBs). Their jets are thought to be powered by either the Blandfo…

astro-ph.HE2026★ 1 cited

A Tidal Disruption Event from an Intermediate-mass Black Hole Revealed by Comprehensive Multi-wavelength Observations

Jialai Wang, Mengqiu Huang, Yongquan Xue +12

Tidal disruption events (TDEs) occur when a star crosses the tidal radius of a black hole (BH) and is ripped apart, providing a powerful way to probe dormant BHs over a wide mass r…

astro-ph.HE2026★ 1 cited

SVOM discovery of a strong X-ray outburst of the blazar 1ES~1959+650 and multi-wavelength follow-up with the Neil Gehrels Swift observatory

A. Foisseau, A. Coleiro, S. Komossa +37

On December 6, 2024, 1ES 1959+650, one of the X-ray brightest blazars known, underwent a high-amplitude X-ray outburst detected by SVOM, the first such discovery with this mission.…

astro-ph.HE2026★ 1 cited

Diagnosing Interstellar Magnetic Turbulence with TeV Pulsar Halos

Chao-Ming Li, Ruo-Yu Liu, Huirong Yan

Interstellar magnetic field is essential in various astrophysical phenomena and processes. Pulsar halos are a recently discovered class of TeV gamma-ray sources formed by escaping…