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most citedNICER observations of the evidence of Poynting-Robertson drag and disk reflection during type I X-ray bursts from 4U 1636536

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27 papers

astro-ph.HE2026

Rapid Orbital Decay in the Ultracompact Double-degenerate Binary eRASSU J060839.5704014

Rahul Sharma, Chandreyee Maitra, Frank Haberl +9

We present timing and spectral analysis of the recently identified ultracompact double-degenerate (DD) white dwarf binary eRASSU J060839.5704014 using observations from NICER an…

astro-ph.HE2026

Long thermonuclear burst driven thermal-viscous instability of accretion disk: triggering an outburst-like X-ray flare

Wenhui Yu, Zhaosheng Li, Yuanyue Pan +2

We report on NICER and MAXI observations of a long-duration thermonuclear X-ray burst and a subsequent outburst-like X-ray flare from the neutron star low-mass X-ray binary MAXI J0…

astro-ph.HE2026

A low mass and radius neutron star candidate in XTE J1810-189?

Shoutao Ban, Helei Liu, Zhaosheng Li +7

Photosphere radius expansion (PRE) bursts provide a crucial tool for constraining the mass and radius of neutron stars. In this study, we analyze time-resolved spectroscopic data f…

astro-ph.HE2026★ 1 cited

X-ray and radio observations of the AMXP MAXI J1957+032 covering the 2022-2025 outbursts

Zhaosheng Li, Lucien Kuiper, Yuanyue Pan +12

We presented a comprehensive multi-epoch timing and multiwavelength analysis of the accreting millisecond X-ray pulsar MAXI J1957+032, covering two major outbursts in 2022 and 2025…

astro-ph.HE2026

Detection of Oscillations in a Type I X-Ray Burst of 4U 0614+091 with SVOM/ECLAIRs

Sébastien Le Stum, Floriane Cangemi, Alexis Coleiro +29

On 2025 January 10, a thermonuclear (Type I) X-ray burst from the neutron star low-mass X-ray binary \textit{4U~0614+091} was detected with the ECLAIRs instrument on board the \tex…

astro-ph.HE2025★ 1 cited

A transition from mixed-fuel to pure-helium thermonuclear bursts in Terzan 5 X-3/Swift J174805.3-244637

Lei Zhang, Zhaosheng Li, Yuanyue Pan +5

We presented a detailed analysis of seven thermonuclear X-ray bursts from Terzan 5 X-3/Swift J174805.3-244637, detected by NICER during the source's 2023 outburst. Our analysis rev…

astro-ph.HE2025★ 4 cited

Timing and spectral studies of SRGA J144459.2604207 with NICER, Einstein Probe, IXPE, NuSTAR, Insight-HXMT and INTEGRAL during its 2024 outburst

Zhaosheng Li, Lucien Kuiper, Yuanyue Pan +13

SRGA J144459.2604207 is a newly confirmed accreting millisecond X-ray pulsar and type I X-ray burster. We present the broadband X-ray timing and spectral behaviors of SRGA J1444…

astro-ph.HE2025★ 3 cited

Emission and Absorption Lines in Photospheric Radius Expansion Bursts of 4U 182030

Wenhui Yu, Zhaosheng Li, Yuanyue Pan +4

We analyze the emission and absorption lines during photospheric radius expansion (PRE) X-ray bursts from the ultracompact binary 4U 1820--30, observed with the Neutron Star Interi…

astro-ph.HE2025★ 1 cited

Radio pulse search from Aql X-1

Long Peng, Zhaosheng Li, Yuanyue Pan +5

We present 12 observations of the accreting millisecond X-ray pulsar Aql X-1, taken from August 2022 to October 2023 using the Five-hundred-meter Aperture Spherical Radio Telescope…

astro-ph.HE2024★ 7 cited

Quenching and recovery of persistent X-ray emission during a superburst in 4U 182030

Zhijiao Peng, Zhaosheng Li, Yuanyue Pan +6

We report the superburst from 4U 1820--30 in 2021 observed by the Monitor of All-sky X-ray Image and Neutron star Interior Composition Explorer (NICER). During the tail of the supe…

astro-ph.HE2024★ 7 cited

A comprehensive study of type I (thermonuclear) bursts in the new transient SRGA J144459.2604207

Tao Fu, Zhaosheng Li, Yuanyue Pan +11

We report an analysis of Insight-HXMT observations of the newly discovered accreting millisecond pulsar SRGA J144459.2604207. During the outburst, detected in 2024 February by S…

astro-ph.HE2024

The influence of thermonuclear bursts on polar caps of accreting X-ray millisecond pulsar MAXI J1816-195

Long Ji, Mingyu Ge, Yupeng Chen +4

We report accretion-powered pulsations for the first time during thermonuclear bursts in hard X-rays, which were observed with Insight-HXMT in 2022 during the outburst of the accre…

astro-ph.HE2024★ 7 cited

Discovery of a long thermonuclear X-ray burst from the ultra-compact binary 4U 1850087

Yongqi Lu, Zhaosheng Li, Wenhui Yu +2

We report the detection of a long X-ray burst triggered on MJD 60171.65 from the ultra-compact binary 4U 1850087 by the Monitor of All-sky X-ray Image and Neutron Star Interior…

astro-ph.HE2024

A Monte Carlo Simulation of the Broad Band X-ray Emission of the Accreting Millisecond X-ray pulsar MAXI J1816-195

Yuan You, Shuang-Nan Zhang, Zhaosheng Li +1

MAXI J1816-195 is an accreting millisecond X-ray pulsar (AMXP) discovered in 2022. According to the Insight-HXMT data, the pulsations of this source extend all the way to over 100…

astro-ph.HE2023★ 19 cited

NICER views moderate, strong, and extreme photospheric expansion bursts from the ultracompact X-ray binary 4U 182030

Wenhui Yu, Zhaosheng Li, Yongqi Lu +5

Type I X-ray bursts in the ultracompact X-ray binary 4U 182030 are powered by the unstable thermonuclear burning of hydrogen-deficient material. We report the detection of 15 ty…

astro-ph.HE2023

EOS-dependent millihertz quasi-periodic oscillation in low-mass X-ray binary

Helei Liu, Yong Gao, Zhaosheng Li +4

We studied the frequency and critical mass accretion rate of millihertz quasi-periodic oscillations (mHz QPOs) using a one-zone X-ray burst model. The surface gravity is specified…

astro-ph.GA2023★ 19 cited

Scientific Objectives of the Hot Universe Baryon Surveyor (HUBS) Mission

Joel Bregman, Renyue Cen, Yang Chen +51

The Hot Universe Baryon Surveyor (HUBS) is a proposed space-based X-ray telescope for detecting X-ray emissions from the hot gas content in our universe. With its unprecedented spa…

astro-ph.HE2023★ 10 cited

Broadband X-ray timing and spectral characteristics of the accretion-powered millisecond X-ray pulsar MAXI J1816195

Zhaosheng Li, Lucien Kuiper, Mingyu Ge +11

We studied the broadband X-ray timing and spectral behaviors of the newly confirmed accreting millisecond X-ray pulsar MAXI J1816195 during its 2022 outburst. We used the data f…

astro-ph.HE2022★ 15 cited

Type I X-ray bursts' spectra and fuel composition from the atoll and transient source 4U 173022

Yongqi Lu, Zhaosheng Li, Yuanyue Pan +8

NICER observed two outbursts from the neutron star low-mass X-ray binary 4U~173022 in 2021 and 2022, which showed a similar spectral evolution in the hardness-intensity diagram.…

astro-ph.GA2022★ 6 cited

Dynamical Origin for the Collinder 132-Gulliver 21 Stream: A Mixture of three Co-Moving Populations with an Age Difference of 250 Myr

Xiaoying Pang, Yuqian Li, Shih-Yun Tang +6

We use Gaia DR3 data to study the Collinder 132-Gulliver 21 region via the machine learning algorithm StarGO, and find eight subgroups of stars (ASCC 32, Collinder 132 gp 1--6, Gul…

astro-ph.GA2022★ 12 cited

The Carnegie-Irvine Galaxy Survey. X. Bulges in Stellar Mass-based Scaling Relations

Hua Gao, Luis C. Ho, Zhao-Yu Li

We measure optical colors for the bulges of 312 disk galaxies from the Carnegie-Irvine Galaxy Survey and convert their previously available -band structural parameters to stella…

astro-ph.GA2022★ 5 cited

Metallicity Properties of the Galactic Bulge Stars Near and Far: Expectations from the Auriga Simulation

Bin-Hui Chen, Zhao-Yu Li

Using the high resolution Milky Way-like model from Auriga simulation we study the chemical properties of the Galactic bulge, focusing on the metallicity difference between stars o…

astro-ph.HE2022★ 13 cited

Discovery of a 584.65 Hz Burst Oscillation in the Low Mass X-Ray Binary 4U 1730--22

Zhaosheng Li, Wenhui Yu, Yongqi Lu +2

Type-I X-ray burst oscillations are powered by thermonuclear released on the neutron star (NS) surface in low mass X-ray binaries (LMXBs), where the burst oscillation frequencies a…

astro-ph.HE2022★ 20 cited

NICER observations of the evidence of Poynting-Robertson drag and disk reflection during type I X-ray bursts from 4U 1636536

Guoying Zhao, Zhaosheng Li, Yuanyue Pan +4

Type I X-ray bursts are the result of an unstable thermonuclear burning of accreting matter on the neutron star (NS) surface. The quick release of energetic X-ray photons during su…