2 papers
astro-ph.HE2026
The First X-Ray Polarimetry of the Typical Accretion Disk Corona Source 4U 1822-37
WanYun Wu, Fei Xie, YuShan Ling
We report the first Imaging X-ray Polarimetry Explorer (IXPE) observations of the typical accretion disk corona (ADC) source 4U 1822-37, covering 44 orbital cycles, together with s…
astro-ph.HE2026
X-ray Polarization of Inverse Compton Scattering by Thermal and Nonthermal Electrons
Boting Wang, Jirong Mao, Jieying Liu +1
X-ray emission from accretion-powered astrophysical systems is widely interpreted as inverse Compton (IC) scattering between energetic electrons and soft photons. Besides the emitt…