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New insight into the hard X-ray emission influenced by the type-\uppercase\expandafter{\romannumeral1} bursts observed by Insight-HXMT during outburst of 4U 1636--536
J. Q. Peng, S. Zhang, Y. P. Chen +17
By analyzing the data from Insight-HXMT and NICER, we can determine the evolution of the significance of the hard shortage in 4U 1636--536 with its spectral state, as well as the e…
NICER, NuSTAR and Insight-HXMT views to black hole X-ray binary SLX 1746--331
Jing-Qiang Peng, Shu Zhang, Qing-Cang Shui +13
We study the spectral and temporal properties of the black hole X-ray transient binary SLX 1746--331 during the 2023 outburst with NICER, NuSTAR, and Insight-HXMT observations. Thr…
NICER, NuSTAR and Insight-HXMT views to the newly discovered black hole X-ray binary Swift J1727.8--1613
Jing-Qiang Peng, Shu Zhang, Qing-Cang Shui +13
Swift J1727.8--1613 is a black hole X-ray binary newly discovered in 2023. We perform spectral analysis with simultaneous Insight-HXMT, NICER and NuSTAR observations when the sourc…
Back to business: SLX 1746--331 after 13 years of silence
Jing-Qiang Peng, Shu Zhang, Peng-Ju Wang +17
The black hole candidate system SLX 1746--331 was back to business in 2023, after a long silence of roughly 13 years. An outburst was observed thoroughly by \textit{Insight}-HXMT a…
Insight-HXMT observations on thermonuclear X-ray bursts from 4U~1608--52 in 2022: the accretion rate dependent anisotropy of burst emission
Yu-Peng Chen, Shu Zhang, Long Ji +10
Thermonuclear X-ray bursts occur on the surface of an accreting neutron star (NS), and their characteristics and interplay with the surrounding circumstance could be a clue to unde…
Insight-HXMT observations on thermonuclear X-ray bursts from 4U~1608--52 in the low/hard state: the energy-dependant hard X-ray deficit and cooling saturation of the corona
Y. P. Chen, S. Zhang, L. Ji +9
During thermonuclear bursts, it is suspected that {\bf the cooling of the corona by the burst emission} may be the cause of hard X-ray {\bf deficits}. Although this {\bf deficit} h…
New insight into the Rapid Burster by Insight-HXMT
Y. P. Chen, S. Zhang, S. N. Zhang +91
We report the timing and spectral analyses upon of the type II X-ray bursts from the Rapid Burster (MXB 1730--335) observed by Insight-HXMT and Swift/XRT. By stacking the long-dura…
The high-energy cyclotron line in 2S 1417-624 discovered with Insight-HXMT during the 2018 outburst
Q. Liu, A. Santangelo, L. D. Kong +7
We report a detailed timing and spectral analysis of the X-ray pulsar 2S~1417-624 using the data from Insight-HXMT during the 2018 outburst. The pulse profiles are highly variable…
Likely detection of magnetic field related LFQPO in the soft X-ray re-brightening of GRS~1915+105
Ling-Da Kong, Long Ji, Andrea Santangelo +3
Utilizing NICER observations, we present an analysis of the soft X-ray re-brightening event of GRS 1915+105 observed in 2021. During this event, we observed the emergence of a stab…
Broadband noise and quasi-periodic oscillation characteristics of the X-ray pulsar RX J0440.9+4431
P. P. Li, L. Tao, R. C. Ma +15
We present a comprehensive timing analysis on the Be/X-ray binary pulsar RX J0440.9+4431 using observations from \textit{NICER} and \textit{Insight}-HXMT during the 2022--2023 outb…
A Phase-resolved View of the Low-frequency Quasiperiodic Oscillations from the Black Hole Binary MAXI J1820+070
Qing C. Shui, S. Zhang, Shuang N. Zhang +21
Although low-frequency quasiperiodic oscillations (LFQPOs) are commonly detected in the X-ray light curves of accreting black hole X-ray binaries, their origin still remains elusiv…
Timing properties of the X-ray accreting pulsar RX J0440.9+4431 studied with Insight-HXMT and NICER
P. P. Li, L. Tao, Y. L. Tuo +20
RX J0440.9+4431, a Be/X-ray binary, had its brightest outburst in 2022 since its discovery, with a peak X-ray flux of 2.25 Crab (as recorded by Swift/BAT, 15-50 keV). We analyze th…
A spectral-timing study of the inner flow geometry in MAXI J1535--571 with -HXMT and NICER
Wei Yu, Qing-Cui Bu, He-Xin Liu +48
We have performed a spectral-timing analysis on the black hole X-ray binary MAXI J1535--571 during its 2017 outburst, with the aim of exploring the evolution of the inner accretion…
X-ray Polarimetry of the accreting pulsar 1A~0535+262 in the supercritical state with PolarLight
Xiangyun Long, Hua Feng, Hong Li +25
The X-ray pulsar 1A 0535+262 exhibited a giant outburst in 2020, offering us a unique opportunity for X-ray polarimetry of an accreting pulsar in the supercritical state. Measureme…
Reflare in MAXI J1348-630]{Evolution of disc and corona in MAXI J1348-630 during the 2019 reflare: NICER and Insight-HXMT view
Xiaohang Dai, Lingda Kong, Qingcui Bu +5
In this work, using \textit{NICER} and \textit{Insight}-HXMT observations, we present a study of the broadband spectral and timing evolution of the source throughout the first refl…
Insight-HXMT and GECAM-C observations of the brightest-of-all-time GRB 221009A
Zheng-Hua An, S. Antier, Xing-Zi Bi +174
GRB 221009A is the brightest gamma-ray burst ever detected since the discovery of this kind of energetic explosions. However, an accurate measurement of the prompt emission propert…
Beam pattern evolution of accreting X-ray pulsar 1A 0535+262 during its 2020 giant outburst
Y. F. Hu, L. Ji, C. Yu +7
We report on pulse profile decomposition analysis of a bright transient X-ray pulsar 1A 0535+262 using the broadband Insight-HXMT observations during a giant outburst of the source…
Trace the Accretion Geometry of H 1743--322 with Type C Quasi-periodic Oscillations in Multiple Outbursts
Qing-Cang Shui, Shu Zhang, Yu-Peng P. Chen +12
We present a systematic analysis of type C quasi-periodic oscillation (QPO) observations of H 1743--322 throughout the Rossi X-ray Timing Explorer (RXTE) era. We find that, while d…
Return of 4U~1730--22 after 49 years silence: the spectral properties of the 2021/2022 outbursts observed by NICER and Insight-HXMT and the soft-to-hard state transition caused by the propeller effect
Yu-Peng Chen, Shu Zhang, Shuang-Nan Zhang +10
After in quiescence for 49 years, 4U~1730--22 became active and had two outbursts in 2021 \& 2022, the onset and tail of the outbursts were observed by NICER, which give us a peerl…
The hard to soft transition of GX 339-4 as seen by Insight-HXMT
Honghui Liu, Cosimo Bambi, Jiachen Jiang +6
We present an analysis of the relativistic reflection spectra of GX 339-4 during the hard-to-soft transition of its 2021 outburst observed by Insight-HXMT. The strong relativistic…
Return of 4U~1730--22 after 49 years silence: the peculiar burst properties of the 2021/2022 outbursts observed by Insight-HXMT
Yu-Peng Chen, Shu Zhang, Long Ji +10
After in quiescence for 49 years, 4U~1730--22 became active and had two outbursts in 2021 \& 2022; ten thermonuclear X-ray bursts were detected with Insight-HXMT. Among them, the f…
High energy Millihertz quasi-periodic oscillations in 1A 0535+262 with Insight-HXMT challenge current models
Ruican Ma, Lian Tao, Shuang-Nan Zhang +21
We studied the millihertz quasi-periodic oscillation (mHz QPO) in the 2020 outburst of the Be/X-ray binary 1A 0535+262 using Insight-HXMT data over a broad energy band. The mHz QPO…
Insight-HXMT observation on 4U~1608--52: evidence of interplay between thermonuclear burst and accretion environments
Yu-Peng Chen, Shu Zhang, Long Ji +7
A type-I burst could influence the accretion process through radiation pressure and Comptonization both for the accretion disk and the corona/boundary layer of an X-ray binary, and…
Timing properties of the X-ray accreting pulsar 1A 0535+262 studied with Insight-HXMT
P. J. Wang, L. D. Kong, S. Zhang +13
We report results on the timing analysis of the 2020 giant outburst of 1A 0535+262, using broadband data from Insight-HXMT. The analysis of the pulse profile evolution from the sub…