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The Advanced X-ray Imaging Satellite (AXIS) Community Science Book
Michael Koss, Nafisa Aftab, Steven W. Allen +395
The AXIS Community Science Book represents the collective effort of 592 scientists worldwide to define the transformative science enabled by the Advanced X-ray Imaging Satellite (A…
Simultaneous radio and X-ray observations of the transitional millisecond pulsar candidate 3FGL J1544.6-1125
Nina V. Gusinskaia, Amruta D. Jaodand, Jason W. T. Hessels +6
Transitional millisecond pulsars (tMSPs) are neutron-star systems that alternate between a rotation-powered radio millisecond pulsar state and an accretion-disk-dominated low-mass…
The High Energy X-ray Probe (HEX-P): Studying Extreme Accretion with Ultraluminous X-ray Sources
Matteo Bachetti, Matthew J. Middleton, Ciro Pinto +25
Ultraluminous X-ray sources (ULXs) represent an extreme class of accreting compact objects: from the identification of some of the accretors as neutron stars to the detection of po…
The High Energy X-ray Probe (HEX-P): Sensitive broadband X-ray observations of transient phenomena in the 2030s
Murray Brightman, Raffaella Margutti, Ava Polzin +13
HEX-P will launch at a time when the sky is being routinely scanned for transient gravitational wave, electromagnetic and neutrino phenomena that will require the capabilities of a…
The High Energy X-ray Probe (HEX-P): resolving the nature of Sgr A* flares, compact object binaries and diffuse X-ray emission in the Galactic Center and beyond
Kaya Mori, Gabriele Ponti, Matteo Bachetti +24
HEX-P is a probe-class mission concept that will combine high spatial resolution X-ray imaging ( FWHM) and broad spectral coverage (0.2-80 keV) with an effective area far sup…
The High Energy X-ray Probe (HEX-P): Magnetars and Other Isolated Neutron Stars
J. A. J. Alford, G. A. Younes, Z. Wadiasingh +23
The hard X-ray emission from magnetars and other isolated neutron stars remains under-explored. An instrument with higher sensitivity to hard X-rays is critical to understanding th…
Characterizing the Ordinary Broad-lined Type Ic SN 2023pel from the Energetic GRB 230812B
Gokul P. Srinivasaragavan, Vishwajeet Swain, Brendan M. O'Connor +39
We report observations of the optical counterpart of the long gamma-ray burst (LGRB) GRB 230812B, and its associated supernova (SN) SN 2023pel. The proximity () and high…
X-ray and Radio Monitoring of the Neutron Star Low Mass X-ray Binary 1A 1744-361: Quasi Periodic Oscillations, Transient Ejections, and a Disk Atmosphere
Mason Ng, Andrew K. Hughes, Jeroen Homan +19
We report on X-ray (NICER/NuSTAR/MAXI/Swift) and radio (MeerKAT) timing and spectroscopic analysis from a three-month monitoring campaign in 2022 of a high-intensity outburst of th…
Simultaneous NICER and NuSTAR Observations of the Ultra-compact X-ray Binary 4U 0614+091
David Moutard, Renee Ludlam, Javier A. García +13
We present the first joint NuSTAR and NICER observations of the ultra-compact X-ray binary (UCXB) 4U 0614+091. This source shows quasi-periodic flux variations on the timescale of…
Accretion spin-up and a strong magnetic field in the slow-spinning Be X-ray binary MAXI J0655-013
Sean N. Pike, Mutsumi Sugizaki, Jakob van den Eijnden +8
We present MAXI and NuSTAR observations of the Be X-ray binary, MAXI J0655-013, in outburst. NuSTAR observed the source once early in the outburst, when spectral analysis yields a…
A new sample of transient ultraluminous X-ray sources serendipitously discovered by Swift/XRT
Murray Brightman, Jean-Marie Hameury, Jean-Pierre Lasota +11
Ultraluminous X-ray sources (ULXs) are our best laboratories for studying extreme super-Eddington accretion. Most studies of these objects are of relatively persistent sources, how…
AT2019wxt: An ultra-stripped supernova candidate discovered in electromagnetic follow-up of a gravitational wave trigger
Hinna Shivkumar, Amruta D. Jaodand, Arvind Balasubramanian +13
We present optical, radio and X-ray observations of a rapidly-evolving transient AT2019wxt (PS19hgw), discovered during the search for an electromagnetic (EM) counterpart to the gr…
StrayCats II: An Updated Catalog of NuSTAR Stray Light Observations
R. M. Ludlam, B. W. Grefenstette, M. C. Brumback +8
We present an updated catalog of StrayCats (a catalog of NuSTAR stray light observations of X-ray sources) that includes nearly 18 additional months of observations. StrayCats v2 h…
The variability behavior of NGC 925 ULX-3
Hannah P. Earnshaw, Murray Brightman, Fiona A. Harrison +5
We report the results of a 2019-2021 monitoring campaign with Swift and associated target-of-opportunity observations with XMM-Newton and NuSTAR, examining the spectral and timing…
A 62-minute orbital period black widow binary in a wide hierarchical triple
Kevin B. Burdge, Thomas R. Marsh, Jim Fuller +30
Over a dozen millisecond pulsars are ablating low-mass companions in close binary systems. In the original "black widow", the 8-hour orbital period eclipsing pulsar PSR J1959+2048…
MAXI and NuSTAR observations of the faint X-ray transient MAXI J1848-015 in the GLIMPSE-C01 Cluster
Sean N. Pike, Hitoshi Negoro, John A. Tomsick +14
We present the results of MAXI monitoring and two NuSTAR observations of the recently discovered faint X-ray transient MAXI J1848-015. Analysis of the MAXI light-curve shows that t…
Extending the baseline for SMC X-1's spin and orbital behavior with NuSTAR stray light
McKinley C. Brumback, B. W. Grefenstette, D. J. K. Buisson +10
StrayCats, the catalog of NuSTAR stray light observations, contains data from bright X-ray sources that fall within crowded source regions. These observations offer unique addition…
Orbital decay in M82 X-2
Matteo Bachetti, Marianne Heida, Thomas Maccarone +21
M82 X-2 is the first pulsating ultraluminous X-ray source (PULX) discovered. The luminosity of these extreme pulsars, if isotropic, implies an extreme mass transfer rate. An altern…
Quasi-Simultaneous Radio/X-ray Observations of the Candidate Transitional Millisecond Pulsar 3FGL J1544.6-1125 During its Low-Luminosity Accretion-Disc State
Amruta Jaodand, Adam T. Deller, Nina Gusinskaia +8
3FGL J1544.6-1125 is a candidate transitional millisecond pulsar (tMSP). Similar to the well-established tMSPs - PSR J1023+0038, IGR J18245-2452, and XSS J12270-4859 -- 3FGL J1544.…
Discovery of UV millisecond pulsations and moding in the low mass X-ray binary state of transitional millisecond pulsar J1023+0038
Amruta D. Jaodand, Juan V. Hernández Santisteban, Anne M. Archibald +7
PSR J1023+0038 is a rapidly-spinning neutron star with a low-mass-binary companion that switches between a radio pulsar and low-luminosity disk state. In 2013, it transitioned to i…
StrayCats: A catalog of NuSTAR Stray Light Observations
Brian W. Grefenstette, Renee M. Ludlam, Ellen T. Thompson +10
We present StrayCats: a catalog of NuSTAR stray light observations of X-ray sources. Stray light observations arise for sources 1--4 away from the telescope pointing dire…
Simultaneous NICER and NuSTAR Observations of the Ultra-compact X-ray Binary 4U 1543-624
R. M. Ludlam, A. D. Jaodand, J. A. García +8
We present the first joint NuSTAR and NICER observations of the ultra-compact X-ray binary (UCXB) 4U 1543624 obtained in 2020 April. The source was at a luminosity of $L_{0.5-50…
A Comprehensive X-ray Report on AT2019wey
Yuhan Yao, S. R. Kulkarni, K. C. Gendreau +25
Here, we present MAXI, SWIFT, NICER, NuSTAR and Chandra observations of the X-ray transient AT2019wey (SRGA J043520.9+552226, SRGE J043523.3+552234). From spectral and timing analy…
Kilonova Luminosity Function Constraints based on Zwicky Transient Facility Searches for 13 Neutron Star Mergers
Mansi M. Kasliwal, Shreya Anand, Tomas Ahumada +100
We present a systematic search for optical counterparts to 13 gravitational wave (GW) triggers involving at least one neutron star during LIGO/Virgo's third observing run. We searc…