2 papers
astro-ph.HE2025
Correlated spectro-polarimetric study along the Z track in XTE J1701-462 puts constraints on its coronal geometry
Wei Yu, Qingcui Bu, Victor Doroshenko +13
Context. In September 2022, the transient neutron star low-mass X-ray binary XTE J1701-462 went into a new outburst. Aims. The objective of this work is to examine the evolution of…
astro-ph.HE2024
The polarization of the boundary layer around weakly magnetized neutron stars in X-ray binaries
R. Farinelli, A. Waghmare, L. Ducci +1
X-ray binaries hosting a compact object have been among the main targets of the Imaging X-ray Polarimetry Explorer (IXPE) since its launch, due to their high brightness in the 2-8…