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astro-ph.HE2019★ 6 cited

X-ray spectral and flux variability of the microquasar GRS 1758-258 on timescales from weeks to years

Maria Hirsch, Katja Pottschmidt, David M. Smith +12

We present the spectral and timing evolution of the persistent black hole X-ray binary GRS 1758-258 based on almost 12 years of observations using the Rossi X-ray Timing Explorer P…

astro-ph.HE2019★ 35 cited

Flash ionization signatures in the type Ibn supernova SN 2019uo

Anjasha Gangopadhyay, Kuntal Misra, Daichi Hiramatsu +26

We present photometric and spectroscopic observations of the type Ibn supernova (SN) 2019uo, the second ever SN Ibn with flash ionization (He II, C III, N III) features in its earl…

astro-ph.HE2019★ 9 cited

A systematic study of the advection-dominated accretion flow for the origin of the X-ray emission in weakly magnetized low-level accreting neutron star

Erlin Qiao, B. F. Liu

Observationally, the X-ray spectrum ( keV) of low-level accreting neutron stars (NSs) can generally be well fitted by the model with two components, i.e, a thermal soft X-r…

astro-ph.HE2019★ 10 cited

The Large Amplitude X-ray Variability in NGC 7589: Possible Evidence for Accretion Mode Transition

Zhu Liu, He-Yang Liu, Huaqing Cheng +2

We report the discovery of large amplitude X-ray variability in the low luminosity AGN (LLAGN) MGC 7589, and present possible observational evidence for accretion mode transition i…

astro-ph.HE2019★ 39 cited

Periodic mode changing in PSR J1048-5832

W. M. Yan, R. N. Manchester, N. Wang +4

By analysing the data acquired from the Parkes 64-m radio telescope at 1369 MHz, we report on the phase-stationary non-drift amplitude modulation observed in PSR J1048-5832. The hi…

astro-ph.HE2019★ 2 cited

Probing the emission states of PSR J1107-5907

Jingbo Wang, George Hobbs, Matthew Kerr +14

The emission from PSR J1107-5907 is erratic. Sometimes the radio pulse is undetectable, at other times the pulsed emission is weak, and for short durations the emission can be very…

astro-ph.HE2019★ 24 cited

Discovery of a soft X-ray lag in the Ultraluminous X-ray Source NGC 1313 X-1

E. Kara, C. Pinto, D. J. Walton +14

Ultraluminous X-ray Sources (ULXs) provide a unique opportunities to probe the geometry and energetics of super-Eddington accretion. The radiative processes involved in super-Eddin…

astro-ph.HE2019★ 5 cited

Distance and Evolutionary States of Supernova Remnant G18.9-1.1 and Candidate G28.6+0.0

S. Ranasinghe, D. Leahy, W. W. Tian

HI spectra of the supernova remnant G18.9-1.1 and the supernova remnant candidate G28.6+0.0 are analyzed. We compared the spectra to CO emission spectra and to spectra of HI…

astro-ph.HE2019★ 4 cited

GRB 190114C in the nuclear region of an interacting galaxy -- A detailed host analysis using ALMA, HST and VLT

A. de Ugarte Postigo, C. C. Thöne, S. Martın +28

GRB 190114C is the first GRB for which the detection of very-high energy emission up to the TeV range has been reported. It is still unclear whether environmental properties might…

astro-ph.HE2019★ 8 cited

Evolution implications of neutron star magnetic fields: inferred from pulsars and cyclotron lines of HMXBs

Chang-Qing Ye, De-Hua Wang, Cheng-Min Zhang +1

The evolution of neutron star (NS) magnetic field (B-field) has long been an important topic, which is still not yet settled down. Here, we analyze the NS B-fields inferred by the…

astro-ph.HE2019★ 6 cited

The spatial distribution of circumstellar material of the wind-fed system GX 301-2

Xueying Zheng, Jiren Liu, Lijun Gou

The distribution of the circumstellar material in systems of supergiant X-ray binaries (SgXBs) is complex and not well probed observationally. We report a detailed study of the spa…

astro-ph.HE2019★ 76 cited

The first six months of the Advanced LIGO's and Advanced Virgo's third observing run with GRANDMA

S. Antier, S. Agayeva, V. Aivazyan +74

We present the Global Rapid Advanced Network Devoted to the Multi-messenger Addicts (GRANDMA). The network consists of 21 telescopes with both photometric and spectroscopic facilit…

astro-ph.HE2019★ 61 cited

The Formation of a 70 Msun Black Hole at High Metallicity

K. Belczynski, R. Hirschi, E. A. Kaiser +7

A 70Msun BH was discovered in Milky Way disk in a long period and almost circular detached binary system (LB-1) with a high metallicity 8Msun B star companion. Current consensus on…

astro-ph.HE2019★ 38 cited

GRB171010A / SN2017htp: a GRB-SN at z=0.33

A. Melandri, D. B. Malesani, L. Izzo +41

The number of supernovae known to be connected with long-duration gamma-ray bursts is increasing and the link between these events is no longer exclusively found at low redshift ($…

astro-ph.HE2019★ 7 cited

Wide Bandwidth Observations of Pulsars C, D and J in 47 Tucanae

Lei Zhang, George Hobbs, Richard N. Manchester +13

We report the first wideband observations of pulsars C, D and J in the globular cluster 47Tucanae (NGC 104) using the Ultra-Wideband Low (UWL) receiver system recently installed on…

astro-ph.HE2019★ 22 cited

The spin of the black hole GRS 1716-249 determined from the hard intermediate state

Lian Tao, John A. Tomsick, Jinlu Qu +3

We present three simultaneous/quasi-simultaneous NuSTAR and Swift datasets of the black hole GRS 1716-249 in its hard intermediate state. The accretion disk in this state may have…

astro-ph.HE2019★ 4 cited

Investigation of the Millisecond Pulsar Origins by their Spin Periods at the Wavebands of Radio, X-Ray, and γ-Ray

De-Hua Wang, Cheng-Min Zhang, Shuang-Qiang Wang

To track the formation and evolution links of the millisecond pulsars (MSPs) powered by accretion and rotation in the Galactic field, we investigate the spin period (P) and spin-do…

astro-ph.HE2019★ 16 cited

X-ray signatures of the polar dusty gas in AGN

Jiren Liu, Sebastian F. Hönig, Claudio Ricci +1

Recent mid-infrared interferometry observations of nearby active galactic nuclei (AGN) revealed that a significant part of the dust emission extends in the polar direction, rather…

astro-ph.HE2019★ 17 cited

NuSTAR and Chandra observations of new X-ray transients in the central parsec of the Galaxy

Kaya Mori, Charles J. Hailey, Shifra Mandel +14

We report NuSTAR and Chandra observations of two X-ray transients, SWIFT J174540.7290015 (T15) and SWIFT J174540.2290037 (T37), which were discovered by the Neil Gehrels Swif…

astro-ph.HE2019★ 4 cited

Limits on the Electro-Magnetic Counterpart of Binary Black Hole Coalescence at Visible Wavelengths

Kanthanakorn Noysena, Alain Klotz, Michel Boer +3

We used the TAROT network of telescopes to search for the electromagnetic counterparts of GW150914, GW170104 and GW170814, which were reported to originate from binary black hole m…

astro-ph.HE2019

Constant cyclotron line energy in Hercules X-1 -- Joint Insight-HXMT and NuSTAR observations

G. C. Xiao, L. Ji, R. Staubert +108

The long-term evolution of the centroid energy of the CRSF in Her X-1 is still a mystery. We report a new measurement from a campaign between {\sl Insight}-HXMT and {\sl NuSTAR} pe…

astro-ph.HE2019★ 23 cited

CDF-S XT1 and XT2: White Dwarf Tidal Disruption Events by Intermediate-Mass Black Holes?

Zong-Kai Peng, Yi-Si Yang, Rong-Feng Shen +3

Recently two fast X-ray transients (XT1 and XT2) have been reported from the search in the Chandra Deep Field (CDF) data. Each transient shows an initial plateau lasting around hun…

astro-ph.HE2019★ 24 cited

A fast radio burst in the direction of the Virgo cluster

Devansh Agarwal, Duncan R. Lorimer, Anastasia Fialkov +19

The rate of fast radio bursts (FRBs) in the direction of nearby galaxy clusters is expected to be higher than the mean cosmological rate if intrinsically faint FRBs are numerous. I…

astro-ph.HE2019★ 301 cited

The International Pulsar Timing Array: Second data release

B. B. P. Perera, M. E. DeCesar, P. B. Demorest +72

In this paper, we describe the International Pulsar Timing Array second data release, which includes recent pulsar timing data obtained by three regional consortia: the European Pu…