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Modeling surface radiation of rotating neutron stars with Monk-NS
Wenda Zhang, Wenfei Yu
Neutron stars serve as unique laboratories for studying ultra-dense nuclear matter. The equation of state of neutron star matter can be effectively constrained by their masses and…
Interaction between disk and extended corona in a general relativistic framework
Sudeb Ranjan Datta, Michal Bursa, Michal Dovciak +1
The energy equilibrium between the corona and the underlying disk in a two-phase accretion flow sets a lower limit on the achievable photon index. A slab corona may not explain the…
Possible Coronal Geometry in the Hard and Soft State of Black Hole X-ray Binaries from MONK Simulations
Ningyue Fan, Cosimo Bambi, James F. Steiner +1
Understanding the coronal geometry in different states of black hole X-ray binaries is important for more accurate modeling of the system. However, it is difficult to distinguish d…
Probing the Strong Gravity Region of Black Holes with eXTP
Qingcui Bu, Cosimo Bambi, Lijun Gou +42
We present the novel capabilities of the enhanced X-ray Timing and Polarimetry (eXTP) mission to study the strong gravity region around stellar-mass black holes in X-ray binary sys…
Dense Matter in Neutron Stars with eXTP
Ang Li, Anna L. Watts, Guobao Zhang +82
In this White Paper, we present the potential of the enhanced X-ray Timing and Polarimetry (eXTP) mission to constrain the equation of state of dense matter in neutron stars, explo…
First X-ray polarimetric view of a Low-Luminosity Active Galactic Nucleus: the case of NGC 2110
Sudip Chakraborty, Ajay Ratheesh, Daniele Tagliacozzo +20
Low-Luminosity Active Galactic Nuclei (LLAGN) provides a unique view of Comptonization and non-thermal emission from accreting black holes in the low-accretion rate regime. However…
Investigating the consistency of the shape and flux of X-ray reflection spectra in the hard state with an accretion disk reaching close to the black hole
Sudeb Ranjan Datta, Michal Dovčiak, Michal Bursa +3
The observed spectra from black hole (BH) X-ray binaries (XRBs) typically consist of two primary components: multitemperature blackbody (BB) originating from the accretion disk in…
Constraining the geometry of the dipping atoll 4U 1624-49 with X-ray spectroscopy and polarimetry
Andrea Gnarini, M. Lynne Saade, Francesco Ursini +6
We present the spectro-polarimetric results obtained from simultaneous X-ray observations with IXPE, NuSTAR and NICER of the dipping neutron star X-ray binary 4U 1624-49. This sour…
Inferring the iron K emissivity profiles of accretion discs irradiated by extended coronae
Wenda Zhang, Michal Dovčiak, Michal Bursa +2
One of the most promising methods to measure the spin of an accreting black hole is fitting the broad iron K line in the X-ray spectrum. The line profile also depends on the geo…
An IXPE-Led X-ray Spectro-Polarimetric Campaign on the Soft State of Cygnus X-1: X-ray Polarimetric Evidence for Strong Gravitational Lensing
James F. Steiner, Edward Nathan, Kun Hu +134
We present the first X-ray spectropolarimetric results for Cygnus X-1 in its soft state from a campaign of five IXPE observations conducted during 2023 May-June. Companion multiwav…
Correlated spectro-polarimetric study along the Z track in XTE J1701-462 puts constraints on its coronal geometry
Wei Yu, Qingcui Bu, Victor Doroshenko +13
Context. In September 2022, the transient neutron star low-mass X-ray binary XTE J1701-462 went into a new outburst. Aims. The objective of this work is to examine the evolution of…
Rapid dimming followed by a state transition: a study of the highly variable nuclear transient AT 2019avd over 1000+ days
Yanan Wang, Dheeraj R. Pasham, Diego Altamirano +16
The tidal disruption of a star around a supermassive black hole (SMBH) offers a unique opportunity to study accretion onto a SMBH on a human-timescale. We present results from our…
Constraining the X-ray radiation origin of 3C 273 in the low state by polarization
Mingjun Liu, Wenda Zhang, Weimin Yuan
3C 273 is one of the nearest high-luminosity quasars. Although classified as a blazar, 3C 273 also has some features in Seyferts, whose X-ray may originate from the corona. Since b…
Tracking the X-ray Polarization of the Black Hole Transient Swift J1727.8-1613 during a State Transition
Adam Ingram, Niek Bollemeijer, Alexandra Veledina +120
We report on an observational campaign on the bright black hole X-ray binary Swift J1727.81613 centered around five observations by the Imaging X-ray Polarimetry Explorer (IXPE)…
Discovery of X-ray Polarization from the Black Hole Transient Swift J1727.8-1613
Alexandra Veledina, Fabio Muleri, Michal Dovciak +113
We report the first detection of the X-ray polarization of the bright transient Swift J1727.8-1613 with the Imaging X-ray Polarimetry Explorer. The observation was performed at the…
Polarization properties of weakly magnetized Neutron Stars in Low Mass X-ray Binaries
Andrea Gnarini, Francesco Ursini, Giorgio Matt +5
X-ray polarimetry missions like IXPE will be able to measure for the first time the polarization properties of accreting, weakly magnetized neutron stars in Low Mass X-ray Binaries…
Spectral and polarization properties of black hole accretion disc emission: including absorption effects
Roberto Taverna, Lorenzo Marra, Stefano Bianchi +5
The study of radiation emitted from black hole accretion discs represents a crucial way to understand the main physical properties of these sources, and in particular the black hol…