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Rapid quasi-periodic reconfiguration of the accretion column in pulsar 1A 0535+262
Lingda Kong, Xiaohang Dai, Andrea Santangelo +12
Accretion onto strongly magnetized neutron stars is commonly interpreted using quasi-steady models, in which the accretion-column structure adjusts smoothly to the mass inflow rate…
A clean broad iron line in GS 1354--64 as seen by XRISM
Honghui Liu, Lingda Kong, Oluwashina K. Adegoke +13
We present a spectroscopic analysis of XRISM and NuSTAR observations of the black hole X-ray binary GS~1354--64 during its 2026 outburst. A total number of 3.5 million photons are…
Discovery of a New Spectral Transition in Swift J0243.6+6124 in the Sub-Eddington Regime
Bo-Yan Chen, Shu Zhang, Qing-Cang Shui +9
We conduct a detailed spectral analysis of the Galactic ultraluminous X-ray pulsar Swift J0243.6+6124 in its sub-Eddington regime, using Insight-HXMT and NICER observations during…
Investigation on Quasi-periodic Oscillation Phase Lag of RE J1034+396
Wen-Zhong Li, Shu Zhang, Qing-Cang Shui +9
We conduct an in-depth study of the quasi-periodic oscillation (QPO) properties of RE J1034+396, by constructing QPO phase-folded light curves from 10 XMM-Newton observations durin…
Long-term evolution of cyclotron resonant scattering features in the accreting pulsar Vela X-1: A pulse-to-pulse approach
Yu-Jia Du, Peng-Ju Wang, Lorenzo Ducci +5
We investigated the long-term evolution of the cyclotron line energy, as well as the relationship between cyclotron line energy and luminosity in the high-mass X-ray binary Vela X-…
First detection of X-ray polarization from the long-period X-ray pulsar 4U 1954+319
Alexander Salganik, Lingda Kong, Sofia V. Forsblom +6
We report the first detection of X-ray polarization with the Imaging X-ray Polarimetry Explorer from the X-ray pulsar (XRP) 4U 1954319. The source belongs to an extremely rare c…
Revealing an Oscillating and Contracting Compact Corona near the Event Horizon of the Supermassive Black Hole in 1ES 1927+654
Qing-Cang Shui, Shu Zhang, Shuang-Nan Zhang +7
Dynamic processes in the accretion flow near black holes produce X-ray flux variability, sometimes quasi-periodic. Determining its physical origin is key to mapping accretion geome…
QPOs in a highly magnetized ultra-compact X-ray binary 4U 1626-67
Zi-Yi Zhou, Long Ji, Ling-Da Kong +3
We report the detection of mHz quasi-periodic oscillations (QPOs) in four NuSTAR observations of 4U 1626-67 during its recent spin-down episode. By using a novel method based on th…
Timing and spectral variability in 2S 1417-624 observed with Insight-HXMT
Qi Liu, Lingda Kong, Can Güngör +5
We present the results of the spectral and timing analyses of the accreting X-ray pulsar, 2S 1417-624, during the 2018 and 2021 outbursts with Insight-HXMT. We find that the pulse…
The peculiar disk evolution of 4U 1630--472 observed by Insight-HXMT during the 2022 and 2023 outbursts
Jing-Qiang Peng, Shu Zhang, Qing-Cang Shui +10
We study the spectral properties of the black hole X-ray transient binary 4U 1630--472 during the 2022 and 2023 outbursts with Insight-HXMT observations. We find that the outbursts…
Insight-HXMT, NICER and NuSTAR views to the newly discovered black hole X-ray binary Swift J151857.0--572147
Jing-Qiang Peng, Shu Zhang, Qing-Cang Shui +10
The systematic properties are largely unknown for the black hole X-ray binary Swift J151857.0--572147 newly discovered in the 2024 outburst. The nature of a black hole can be compl…
Dimming GRS 1915+105 observed with NICER and Insight--HXMT
M. Zhou, V. Grinberg, A. Santangelo +6
The black hole X-ray binary GRS 1915+105 was bright for 26 years since its discovery and is well-known for its disk instabilities, quasi-periodic oscillations, and disk wind signat…
Timing and spectral studies of the Be/X-ray binary EXO 2030+375 using Insight-HXMT observations
Yu-Jia Du, Lorenzo Ducci, Long Ji +5
We report the X-ray spectral and timing analysis of the high mass X-ray binary EXO 2030+375 during the 2021 type-II outburst based on the Insight-HXMT observations. Pulsations can…
Temporal and spectral variations of the X-ray pulsar Cen X-3 observed by NuSTAR
Qi Liu, Wei Wang, Andrea Santangelo +3
We report a time-resolved analysis of the accreting X-ray pulsar Cen X-3 using observations carried out by NuSTAR, which cover approximately two binary orbits in different intensit…
A Phase-resolved View of "Heartbeat"-like variability in IGR J17091-3624 During the 2022 Outburst
Qing-Cang Shui, Shu Zhang, Jing-Qiang Peng +9
IGR J17091-3624, in addition to GRS 1915+105, is the only black hole X-ray binary that displays ``heartbeat"-like variability characterized by structured flares with high amplitude…
Phase-resolved Spectroscopy of Low-frequency Quasi-periodic Oscillations from the Newly Discovered Black Hole X-ray Binary Swift J1727.8-1613
Qing-Cang Shui, Shu Zhang, Jiang-Qiang Peng +14
Low-frequency quasi-periodic oscillations (LFQPOs) are commonly observed in X-ray light curves of black hole X-ray binaries (BHXRBs); however, their origin remains a topic of debat…
Searching for the highest energy of pulsation and critical luminosity of Swift J0243.6+6124 observed by Insight-HXMT
Qing-Xia Zhao, Xian Hou, Ming-Yu Ge +8
Owing to the broad energy coverage of Insight-HXMT in the hard X-ray band, we detected the highest energy of pulsation exceeding 200 keV around the 2017-2018 outburst peak of the f…
Recovery of High-energy Low-frequency Quasi-periodic Oscillations from Black Hole X-ray Binary MAXI J1535-571 with a Hilbert-Huang Transform Method
Qingcang Shui, Shu Zhang, Shuangnan Zhang +15
We propose a method based on the Hilbert-Huang transform (HHT) to recover the high-energy waveform of low-frequency quasi-periodic oscillations (LFQPOs). Based on the method, we su…
Cyclotron line evolution revealed with pulse-to-pulse analysis in the 2020 outburst of 1A 0535+262
Qingcang Shui, Shu Zhang, Pengju Wang +17
We present a detailed analysis of the X-ray luminosity (Lx) dependence of the cyclotron absorption line energy (Ecyc) for the X-ray binary pulsar 1A 0535+262 during its 2020 giant…
Pulsed Iron line Emission from the First Galactic Ultraluminous X-ray Pulsar Swift J0243.6+6124
Y. X. Xiao, Y. J. Xu, M. Y. Ge +14
We report the phase-resolved spectral results of the first Galactic Pulsating Ultra-Luminous X-ray source (PULX) Swift J0243.6+6124, modeling at its 2017-2018 outburst peak using d…
Spin measurement of 4U 1543-47 with Insight-HXMT and NICER from its 2021 outburst: A test of accretion disk models at high luminosities
E. S. Yorgancioglu, Q. C. Bu, A. Santangelo +7
4U 1543--47 is one of a handful of known black hole candidates located in the Milky Way Galaxy, and has undergone a very bright outburst in 2021, reaching a total of 9 Crab,…
Transitions and Origin of the Type-B Quasi-Periodic Oscillation in the Black Hole X-ray Binary MAXI~ J1348--630
H. X. Liu, Y. Huang, Q. C. Bu +26
The fast transitions between different types of quasi-periodic oscillations (QPOs) are generally observed in black hole transient sources (BHTs). We present a detailed study on the…
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…