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20202026
most citedScience objectives of the Einstein Probe mission

89 citations · 202 across the 11 of their papers we have counts for

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11 papers

astro-ph.HE2026

Early results from the SVOM Observatory Science program

A. Coleiro, L. Tao, F. Cangemi +44

We present the organisation and early results from the Observatory Science program of the Space-based multi-band astronomical Variable Objects Monitor (SVOM), based on data collect…

astro-ph.HE2026★ 1 cited

Mass-Radius Constraints for 2S 0918-549 from an RXTE Superexpansion Burst: A Direct Cooling-Tail Analysis

Hongbin Fan, Helei Liu, Zhaosheng Li +6

Thermonuclear (Type I ) X-ray bursts from accreting neutron stars offer a means to determine neutron-star (NS) mass () and radius () and thereby probe the properties of matte…

astro-ph.HE2025★ 26 cited

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…

astro-ph.HE2025★ 1 cited

The peculiar disk evolution of 4U 1630--472 observed by Insight-HXMT during the 2022 and 2023 outbursts

Jing-Qiang Peng, Shu Zhang, Qing-Cang Shui +10

We study the spectral properties of the black hole X-ray transient binary 4U 1630--472 during the 2022 and 2023 outbursts with Insight-HXMT observations. We find that the outbursts…

astro-ph.HE2025★ 7 cited

Insight-HXMT, NICER and NuSTAR views to the newly discovered black hole X-ray binary Swift J151857.0--572147

Jing-Qiang Peng, Shu Zhang, Qing-Cang Shui +10

The systematic properties are largely unknown for the black hole X-ray binary Swift J151857.0--572147 newly discovered in the 2024 outburst. The nature of a black hole can be compl…

astro-ph.HE2025★ 9 cited

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…

astro-ph.HE2025★ 45 cited

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…

astro-ph.HE2025★ 9 cited

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…

astro-ph.HE2025★ 89 cited

Science objectives of the Einstein Probe mission

Weimin Yuan, Lixin Dai, Hua Feng +93

The Einstein Probe (EP) is an interdisciplinary mission of time-domain and X-ray astronomy. Equipped with a wide-field lobster-eye X-ray focusing imager, EP will discover cosmic X-…

astro-ph.HE2024

A Systematic Study of Millihertz Quasiperiodic Oscillations in GS 1826-238

Hua Xiao, Long Ji, Sergey Tsygankov +3

We performed a systematic investigation of millihertz quasiperiodic oscillations (mHz QPOs) in the low-mass X-ray binary GS 1826238 observed with {\it NICER} and {\it Insight}-H…

astro-ph.HE2020★ 15 cited

The INTEGRAL view of the pulsating hard X-ray sky: from accreting and transitional millisecond pulsars to rotation-powered pulsars and magnetars

A. Papitto, M. Falanga, W. Hermsen +30

In the last 25 years, a new generation of X-ray satellites imparted a significant leap forward in our knowledge of X-ray pulsars. The discovery of accreting and transitional millis…