11 papers
Vacuum birefringence and the polarized X-ray emission from a radio magnetar
Rachael E. Stewart, Hoa Dinh Thi, George Younes +13
The paper presents phase- and energy-resolved X‑ray polarization measurements of the radio magnetar 1E 1547.0‑5408, finding high polarization degrees that support vacuum birefringe…
Magnetar Fireballs and Short Bursts: Curved Spacetime Lensing, QED Effects, Spectra, Polarization, and Impulse Responses
Zorawar Wadiasingh, Hoa Dinh Thi, Constantinos Kalapotharakos +13
Magnetar short bursts (SBs) are hard X-ray transients of durations s peaking at keV, and are prime targets for new high-energy missions and polarimeters. The…
NICER Magnetar Burst Catalog
Che-Yen Chu, Chin-Ping Hu, Teruaki Enoto +13
In this paper, we present a comprehensive catalog of short bursts from magnetars based on eight years of NICER observations. A total of 1130 bursts were identified from 14 sources,…
In-orbit Demonstration of X-ray Pulsar Navigation with NinjaSat
Naoyuki Ota, Takuya Takahashi, Toru Tamagawa +26
This study demonstrated the pulsar navigation capability of the CubeSat X-ray observatory NinjaSat, which is equipped with two Gas Multiplier Counters (GMCs). The GMCs are sensitiv…
Unveiling the Nature of Superorbital Modulation of SMC X-1 using NinjaSat
Chin-Ping Hu, Naoyuki Ota, Takuya Takahashi +13
We report a long-term, high-cadence timing and spectral observation of the X-ray pulsar SMC X-1 using NinjaSat, a 6U CubeSat in low-Earth orbit, covering nearly a full superorbital…
Return of the Clocked Burster: Exceptionally Short Recurrence Time in GS 1826-238
Tomoshi Takeda, Toru Tamagawa, Teruaki Enoto +15
We report the discovery of an exceptionally short burst recurrence time in the well-known clocked burster GS 1826238, observed with the CubeSat X-ray observatory NinjaSat. In 20…