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20062026
most citedThe MAXI Mission on the ISS: Science and Instruments for Monitoring All Sky X-Ray Images

845 citations · 1.5k across the 36 of their papers we have counts for

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36 papers

astro-ph.HE2026★ 6 cited

XRISM High-Resolution X-ray Spectroscopy of Cygnus X-1 -- highly ionized Iron absorption structures

Shinya Yamada, Natalie Hell, Elisa Costantini +18

We present the first high-resolution X-ray spectral analysis of Cygnus X-1 using XRISM. The observation was carried out from April 7 to 10, 2024, covering the orbital phase range 0…

astro-ph.HE2026★ 2 cited

High Spectral Resolution X-ray Observations of the Evolved Supermassive Stellar Binary System Carinae - Iron K Band Profile Revealed with XRISM

XRISM Collaboration, Marc Audard, Hisamitsu Awaki +138

The supermassive binary system, Carinae, is experiencing enormous wind-driven mass loss at a rate unparalleled in the rest of the Galaxy. Their wind-wind collision (WWC) contin…

astro-ph.HE2026

Energy shift of Fe-K fluorescence lines due to low ionization demonstrated with XRISM in Centaurus X-3

Yutaro Nagai, Teruaki Enoto, Masahiro Tsujimoto +13

The Fe K fluorescence line at 6.4 keV is a powerful probe of cold matter surrounding X-ray sources and has been widely used in various astrophysical contexts. The X-ray microcal…

astro-ph.HE2026

Indication of the Less-ionized Clumpy Ultra-Fast Outflows in Seyfert Galaxies

Takuya Midooka, Misaki Mizumoto, Ken Ebisawa

We present a systematic investigation of X-ray spectral variability of Seyfert 1 galaxies using a ``spectral-ratio model fitting'' technique, which we developed to estimate contrib…

astro-ph.HE2026★ 2 cited

XRISM finds the Changing-Look AGN NGC 1365 in an extended low state: A dense, highly ionized outflow obscures the central source

Fatima Zaidouni, Erin Kara, Peter Kosec +21

We present the first XRISM/Resolve observations of the active galactic nucleus, NGC 1365, obtained in 2024 February and July. NGC 1365 is known for rapid transitions between Compto…

astro-ph.GA2025

A XRISM/Resolve view of the dynamics in the hot gaseous atmosphere of M87

XRISM Collaboration, M. Audard, H. Awaki +138

The XRISM/Resolve microcalorimeter directly measured the gas velocities in the core of the Virgo Cluster, the closest example of AGN feedback in a cluster. This proximity allows us…

astro-ph.HE2025★ 5 cited

Chlorine and Potassium Enrichment in the Cassiopeia A Supernova Remnant

XRISM collaboration

The elements in the universe are synthesized primarily in stars and supernovae, where nuclear fusion favors the production of even-Z elements. In contrast, odd-Z elements are less…

astro-ph.HE2025

XRISM constraints on unidentified X-ray emission lines, including the 3.5 keV line, in the stacked spectrum of ten galaxy clusters

XRISM Collaboration, Marc Audard, Hisamitsu Awaki +150

We stack 3.75 Megaseconds of early XRISM Resolve observations of ten galaxy clusters to search for unidentified spectral lines in the 2.5-15 keV band (rest frame), including t…

astro-ph.GA2025

Comparing XRISM cluster velocity dispersions with predictions from cosmological simulations: are feedback models too ejective?

XRISM Collaboration, Marc Audard, Hisamitsu Awaki +147

The dynamics of the intra-cluster medium (ICM), the hot plasma that fills galaxy clusters, are shaped by gravity-driven cluster mergers and feedback from supermassive black holes (…

astro-ph.HE2025★ 10 cited

Stratified wind from a super-Eddington X-ray binary is slower than expected

XRISM collaboration, Marc Audard, Hisamitsu Awaki +132

Accretion discs in strong gravity ubiquitously produce winds, seen as blueshifted absorption lines in the X-ray band of both stellar mass X-ray binaries (black holes and neutron st…

astro-ph.HE2025

XRISM/Resolve View of Abell 2319: Turbulence, Sloshing, and ICM Dynamics

XRISM Collaboration, Marc Audard, Hisamitsu Awaki +132

We present results from XRISM/Resolve observations of the core of the galaxy cluster Abell 2319, focusing on its kinematic properties. The intracluster medium (ICM) exhibits temper…

astro-ph.HE2025★ 1 cited

Disentangling Multiple Gas Kinematic Drivers in the Perseus Galaxy Cluster

XRISM Collaboration, Marc Audard, Hisamitsu Awaki +143

Galaxy clusters, the Universe's largest halo structures, are filled with 10-100 million degree X-ray-emitting gas. Their evolution is shaped by energetic processes such as feedback…

astro-ph.IM2025

XRISM Pre-Pipeline and Singularity: Container-Based Data Processing for the X-Ray Imaging and Spectroscopy Mission and High-Performance Computing

Satoshi Eguchi, Makoto Tashiro, Yukikatsu Terada +20

The X-Ray Imaging and Spectroscopy Mission (XRISM) is the seventh Japanese X-ray observatory whose development and operation are in collaboration with universities and research ins…

astro-ph.IM2025

Verification of the Timing System for the X-ray Imaging and Spectroscopy Mission in the GPS Unsynchronized Mode

Megumi Shidatsu, Yukikatsu Terada, Takashi Kominato +59

We report the results from the ground and on-orbit verifications of the XRISM timing system when the satellite clock is not synchronized to the GPS time. In this case, the time is…

astro-ph.HE2025★ 49 cited

Structured ionized winds shooting out from a quasar at relativistic speeds

XRISM collaboration

Evidence indicates that supermassive black holes exist at the centers of most galaxies. Their mass correlates with the galactic bulge mass, suggesting a co-evolution with their hos…

astro-ph.CO2025

Constraining gas motion and non-thermal pressure beyond the core of the Abell 2029 galaxy cluster with XRISM

XRISM Collaboration, Marc Audard, Hisamitsu Awaki +137

We report a detailed spectroscopic study of the gas dynamics and hydrostatic mass bias of the galaxy cluster Abell 2029, utilizing high-resolution observations from XRISM Resolve.…

astro-ph.HE2025

XRISM forecast for the Coma cluster: stormy, with a steep power spectrum

XRISM Collaboration, Marc Audard, Hisamitsu Awaki +142

The XRISM Resolve microcalorimeter array measured the velocities of hot intracluster gas at two positions in the Coma galaxy cluster: 3'x3' squares at the center and at 6' (170 kpc…

astro-ph.IM2025★ 3 cited

Development of the Timing System for the X-Ray Imaging and Spectroscopy Mission

Yukikatsu Terada, Megumi Shidatsu, Makoto Sawada +62

This paper describes the development, design, ground verification, and in-orbit verification, performance measurement, and calibration of the timing system for the X-Ray Imaging an…

astro-ph.HE2025★ 43 cited

The bulk motion of gas in the core of the Centaurus galaxy cluster

XRISM collaboration

Galaxy clusters, the largest gravitationally bound structures in the Universe, contain vast amounts of dark matter, galaxies, and hot ionised gas known as the intracluster medium (…

astro-ph.IM2024

Container-Based Pre-Pipeline Data Processing on HPC for XRISM

Satoshi Eguchi, Makoto Tashiro, Yukikatsu Terada +18

The X-Ray Imaging and Spectroscopy Mission (XRISM) is the 7th Japanese X-ray observatory, whose development and operation are in collaboration with universities and research instit…

astro-ph.HE2024

Overionized plasma in the supernova remnant Sagittarius A East anchored by XRISM observations

XRISM Collaboration

Sagittarius A East is a supernova remnant with a unique surrounding environment, as it is located in the immediate vicinity of the supermassive black hole at the Galactic center, S…

astro-ph.HE2024

The XRISM/Resolve view of the Fe K region of Cyg X-3

XRISM Collaboration

The X-ray binary system Cygnus X-3 (4U 2030+40, V1521 Cyg) is luminous but enigmatic owing to the high intervening absorption. High-resolution X-ray spectroscopy uniquely probes th…

astro-ph.HE2024★ 13 cited

Detection of the orbital modulation of Fe K fluorescence emission in Centaurus X-3 using the high-resolution spectrometer Resolve onboard XRISM

Yuto Mochizuki, Masahiro Tsujimoto, Richard L. Kelley +9

The Fe K fluorescence line emission in X-ray spectra is a powerful diagnostic tool for various astrophysical objects to reveal the distribution of cold matter around photo-ioniz…

astro-ph.HE2023

Spectral Modeling of the Supersoft X-ray Source CAL87 based on Radiative Transfer Codes

Masahiro Tsujimoto, Misaki Mizumoto, Ken Ebisawa +2

Super Soft X-ray Sources (SSS) are white dwarf (WD) binaries that radiate almost entirely below 1~keV. Their X-ray spectra are often complex when viewed with the X-ray gratin…