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20182026
most citedPolarized x-rays constrain the disk-jet geometry in the black hole x-ray binary Cygnus X-1

173 citations · 487 across the 33 of their papers we have counts for

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37 papers

astro-ph.SR2026

Discovery of over a thousand variable stars in Terzan 5 and Liller 1 with JWST

Kevin B. Burdge, Ilaria Caiazzo, Malina M. Desai +18

The Bulge Fossil Fragments Terzan 5 and Liller 1 host some of the densest stellar environments in the Galaxy, yet their variable star populations have remained largely unexplored d…

astro-ph.HE2026

Discovery of the Infrared Counterpart of the Rapid Burster with JWST

Malina M. Desai, Kevin B. Burdge, Cristina Pallanca +8

The Rapid Burster (MXB 1730335) is the only known neutron star to produce both Type I and Type II X-ray bursts, making it a key system for understanding accretion physics onto n…

astro-ph.HE2026

Spinning Between Models: Continuum and Reflection Constraints in the Intermediate States of GRS 1716-249 and GRS 1739-278

Tiffany Tausch, Paul A. Draghis, Erin Kara +7

Measurements of stellar-mass black hole spin probe accretion under strong gravity and constrain black hole formation and evolution. Intermediate states, in which thermal disk, coro…

astro-ph.IM2026

Lynx2030 Science Analysis Group: Final Report

Lynx2030 Science Analysis Group, Simon R. Bandler, Laura W. Brenneman +51

The Lynx2030 Science Analysis Group (SAG) was convened to reassess the scientific goals and technical drivers of the Lynx mission concept amid a rapidly evolving astrophysics lands…

astro-ph.HE2026

Galactic Science with Ultra-High Angular Resolution X-ray Imaging

Paul A. Draghis, Jeremy Hare, Mayura Balakrishnan +8

Milli- to micro-arcsecond X-ray imaging will open a new observational regime for Galactic astrophysics by resolving physical scales that are inaccessible to current X-ray observato…

astro-ph.HE2026

Science of High Resolution X-ray Imaging

H. L. Marshall, K. Weaver, M. Schattenburg +34

This report summarizes potential studies of the Hi-ReX Science Analysis Group for an Ultra-High Angular Resolution X-ray Observatory. Many potential science cases are presented, sp…