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astro-ph.SR2026★ 1 cited

Determination of the Solar System contribution to the soft X-ray sky

K. Dennerl, G. Ponti, X. Zheng +4

Solar wind charged particles interact with diffuse gas within the heliosphere, producing soft X-rays. This solar wind charge exchange (SWCX) process produces foreground emission th…

astro-ph.HE2026

Chasing Gamma-Ray Signals from Binary Neutron Star Coalescences with the Cherenkov Telescope Array: Prospects and Observing Strategies

S. Abe, J. Abhir, A. Abhishek +457

The detection of gravitational waves (GWs) from a binary neutron star (BNS) merger by Advanced LIGO and Advanced Virgo (GW170817), together with its electromagnetic counterpart, th…

astro-ph.HE2026

XRISM spectroscopy of a crowded Galactic center region -- I. Disentangling the sources in the field of view

Maxime Parra, Kai Matsunaga, Shifra Mandel +16

The Galactic center is a complex and crowded region hosting the supermassive black hole Sgr A*, numerous accreting compact objects, and diffuse X-ray emission. This paper presents…

astro-ph.HE2026

XRISM spectroscopy of a crowded Galactic center region -- II. Narrow emission lines in the Black Hole candidate MAXI J1744-294/Swift J174540.2-290037

Maxime Parra, Shifra Mandel, Kai Matsunaga +13

Narrow, highly ionized X-ray emission lines in black hole low-mass X-ray binaries (BH-LMXBs) are rare and have been observed in only a few sources, during unusual, heavily obscured…

astro-ph.HE2026

STONKS first results: Long-term transients in the XMM-Newton Galactic plane survey

Robbie Webbe, E. Quintin, N. A. Webb +5

The study of astronomical transients at high energies provides insights into some of the most extreme physical events in the universe; however, carrying out their detection and fas…

astro-ph.HE2026

New Hard X-Ray and Multiwavelength Study of the PeVatron Candidate PWN G0.9+0.1 in the Galactic Center Region

Giulia Brunelli, Kaya Mori, Jaegeun Park +12

We present a new X-ray study and multiwavelength spectral energy distribution (SED) modeling of the young pulsar wind nebula (PWN) powered by the energetic pulsar PSR J1747-2809, i…

astro-ph.GA2025

An XMM-Newton View of the ANdromeda Galaxy as Explored in a Legacy Survey (New-ANGELS) II: Luminosity Function of X-ray Sources

Rui Huang, Jiang-Tao Li, Wei Cui +5

As part of the New-ANGELS program, we systematically investigate the X-ray luminosity functions (XLFs) of 4506 X-ray sources projected within a radius of 2.5 deg centering on M31.…

astro-ph.HE2025

XRISM/Resolve reveals the complex iron structure of NGC 7213: Evidence for radial stratification between inner disk and broad-line region

E. Kammoun, T. Kawamuro, K. Murakami +48

We present the first high-resolution X-ray spectrum of NGC 7213 obtained with XRISM/Resolve, supported by simultaneous XMM-Newton, NuSTAR, and SOAR optical data. The XRISM spectrum…

astro-ph.HE2025★ 1 cited

Investigating the mysterious nature of 1LHAASO J1740+0948u through deep XMM-Newton observations

G. Brunelli, G. Ponti, H. Zhang +4

1LHAASO J1740+0948u is a very-high-energy (VHE) source reported by LHAASO, with no counterpart at other wavelengths. It is located at 0.2° from PSR J1740+1000, a radio and gamma-ra…

astro-ph.HE2025★ 2 cited

The very faint X-ray transient Swift J174610-290018 at the Galactic center

Giovanni Stel, Gabriele Ponti, Nathalie Degenaar +17

Very Faint X-ray Transients (VFXTs) are a class of X-ray binary systems that exhibit occasional outbursts with peak X-ray luminosities (L_X< 1e36 erg s^-1) much lower than typical…

astro-ph.HE2025

A multiwavelength study of the Galactic center black hole candidate MAXI J1744-294

Shifra Mandel, Kaya Mori, Paul A. Draghis +37

For the first time in nearly a decade, a bright transient was detected in the central parsec (pc) of the Galaxy. MAXI J1744-294, or -- as it was known in its previous life -- Swift…

astro-ph.HE2025★ 3 cited

Prospects for dark matter observations in dwarf spheroidal galaxies with the Cherenkov Telescope Array Observatory

K. Abe, S. Abe, J. Abhir +491

The dwarf spheroidal galaxies (dSphs) orbiting the Milky Way are widely regarded as systems supported by velocity dispersion against self-gravity, and as prime targets for the sear…

astro-ph.HE2025

Deep Chandra X-ray observation of the isolated black hole OGLE-2011-BLG-0462

Sandro Mereghetti, Lara Sidoli, Gabriele Ponti +1

OGLE-2011-BLG-0462 is an isolated black hole of ~7 solar masses at a distance of 1.5 kpc identified thanks to the astrometric microlensing technique. It is the first specimen disco…

astro-ph.HE2024

New interpretation of the two hard X-ray sources IGR J17503-2636 and IGR J17507-2647

L. Sidoli, V. Sguera, P. Esposito +4

We report on the results of X-ray observations (XMM-Newton, INTEGRAL and Swift) of two hard X-ray sources, IGR J17503-2636 and IGR J17507-2647, whose nature is not fully elucidated…

astro-ph.HE2024★ 7 cited

Galactic transient sources with the Cherenkov Telescope Array Observatory

Cherenkov Telescope Array Observatory Consortium

A wide variety of Galactic sources show transient emission at soft and hard X-ray energies: low- and high-mass X-ray binaries containing compact objects, isolated neutron stars exh…

astro-ph.HE2018★ 45 cited

Simultaneous X-ray and Infrared Observations of Sagittarius A*'s Variability

H. Boyce, D. Haggard, G. Witzel +11

Emission from Sgr A* is highly variable at both X-ray and infrared (IR) wavelengths. Observations over the last ~20 years have revealed X-ray flares that rise above a quiescent the…

astro-ph.HE2017★ 40 cited

Chandra monitoring of the Galactic Centre magnetar SGR J1745-2900 during the initial 3.5 years of outburst decay

F. Coti Zelati, N. Rea, R. Turolla +15

We report on 3.5 years of Chandra monitoring of the Galactic Centre magnetar SGR J1745-2900 since its outburst onset in April 2013. The magnetar spin-down has shown at least two ep…

astro-ph.HE2015★ 51 cited

The X-ray outburst of the Galactic Centre magnetar SGR J1745-2900 during the first 1.5 year

F. Coti Zelati, N. Rea, A. Papitto +17

In 2013 April a new magnetar, SGR 1745-2900, was discovered as it entered an outburst, at only 2.4 arcsec angular distance from the supermassive black hole at the Centre of the Mil…

astro-ph.GA2013★ 122 cited

A strongly magnetized pulsar within grasp of the Milky Way's supermassive black hole

N. Rea, P. Esposito, J. A. Pons +21

The center of our Galaxy hosts a supermassive black hole, Sagittarius (Sgr) A*. Young, massive stars within 0.5 pc of SgrA* are evidence of an episode of intense star formation nea…