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astro-ph.HE2026

Stable X-ray reverberation lags in the black hole X-ray binary Swift J1727.8-1613

Wei Yu, Sinan Allak, Zi-Xu Yang +3

Aims. We investigate the evolution of X-ray reverberation lags in the black hole X-ray binary Swift J1727.8-1613 during its 2023 outburst, with the aim of probing the inner accreti…

astro-ph.HE2026

An Insight-HXMT View of the Evolution of the Type-C Quasiperiodic Oscillation during the Flaring State of Swift J1727.8-1613

Min Wei, Xiang Ma, Liang Zhang +16

We present a detailed analysis of the evolution of type-C quasiperiodic oscillations (QPOs) observed during the flaring state of the recently discovered black hole X-ray binary Swi…

astro-ph.HE2026

A NICER view of the corona through time-dependent Comptonization of the quasi-periodic oscillations in nine black-hole X-ray binaries

Yuexin Zhang, Mariano Méndez, James F. Steiner +12

We present a systematic study of the evolution of the corona geometry in nine black hole X-ray binaries (BHXRBs) using archival data from NICER. We identify 171 observations exhibi…

astro-ph.HE2026★ 1 cited

Characteristics of the High-frequency Humps in the Black hole X-ray Binary Swift J1727.8--1613

Ze-Xi Li, Liang Zhang, Lian Tao +13

We present a detailed timing analysis of the two high-frequency humps observed in the power density spectrum of Swift J1727.8--1613 up to 100 keV, using data from the Hard X-ray Mo…

astro-ph.HE2025

Fast Transitions of X-ray Variability in the Neutron Star Low Mass X-ray Binary Cygnus X-2

Liang Zhang, Mariano Méndez, Hua Feng +12

We present a spectral-timing analysis of two NICER observations of the weakly magnetized neutron star low-mass X-ray binary Cygnus X-2. During these observations, we detect a rapid…

astro-ph.HE2025

Spectral analysis of the X-ray flares in the 2023 outburst of the new black binary transient Swift J1727.8--1613 observed with Insight-HXMT

Jia-Ying Cao, Jin-Yuan Liao, Shuang-Nan Zhang +12

The new black hole transient Swift J1727.8--1613 exhibited a series of X-ray flares during its 2023 outburst extensively observed with Insight-HXMT. We analyze the spectra of the f…

astro-ph.HE2024

A timing view of the additional high-energy spectral component discovered in the black hole candidate Swift J1727.8-1613

Zi-Xu Yang, Liang Zhang, Shuang-Nan Zhang +15

We present an energy-dependent analysis for the type-C quasi-periodic oscillations (QPOs) observed in the black hole X-ray binary Swift J1727.8-1613 using Insight-HXMT observations…

astro-ph.HE2024★ 3 cited

Searching for the highest energy of pulsation and critical luminosity of Swift J0243.6+6124 observed by Insight-HXMT

Qing-Xia Zhao, Xian Hou, Ming-Yu Ge +8

Owing to the broad energy coverage of Insight-HXMT in the hard X-ray band, we detected the highest energy of pulsation exceeding 200 keV around the 2017-2018 outburst peak of the f…

astro-ph.HE2024

Polarization Perspectives on Hercules X-1: Further Constraining the Geometry

Qingchang Zhao, Hancheng Li, Lian Tao +24

We conduct a comprehensive analysis of the accreting X-ray pulsar, Hercules X-1, utilizing data from IXPE and NuSTAR. IXPE performed five observations of Her X-1, consisting of thr…

astro-ph.HE2024

Timing analysis of the newly discovered black hole candidate Swift J1727.8-1613 with Insight-HXMT

Wei Yu, Qing-Cui Bu, Shuang-Nan Zhang +9

We present the results obtained from an X-ray timing study of the new black hole candidate (BHC) Swift J1727.8-1613. The work is based on Hard X-ray Modulation Telescope (Insight-H…

astro-ph.HE2024

The bright black hole X-ray binary 4U 1543-47 during 2021 outburst. A clear state transition from super-Eddington to sub-Eddington accretion revealed by Insight-HXMT

Pei Jin, Guobao Zhang, Yuexin Zhang +9

We present a detailed analysis of the observations with the Hard X-ray Modulation Telescope of the black hole X-ray transient 4U~1543-47 during its outburst in 2021. We find a clea…

astro-ph.HE2024

Studies on the soft intermediate state X-ray flare of MAXI J1535-571 during its 2017 outburst

Ruican Ma, Lian Tao, Mariano Méndez +15

We analyzed an observation with the Nuclear Spectroscopic Telescope Array of the black-hole X-ray binary MAXI J1535-571 in the soft intermediate state, in which we detected a 2.5-k…

astro-ph.HE2024

The First Polarimetric View on Quasi-Periodic Oscillations in a Black Hole X-ray Binary

Qingchang Zhao, Lian Tao, Hancheng Li +19

We present the first polarimetric analysis of Quasi-Periodic Oscillations (QPO) in a black hole binary utilizing \textit{IXPE} data. Our study focuses on Swift J1727.8--1613, which…

astro-ph.HE2024★ 6 cited

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…

astro-ph.HE2023

Type-A quasi-periodic oscillation in the black hole transient MAXI J1348-630

Liang Zhang, Mariano Méndez, Federico García +12

We present a detailed analysis of the spectral and timing characteristics of a 7-Hz type-A quasi-periodic oscillation (QPO) detected in NICER observations of the black hole X-ray b…

astro-ph.HE2023★ 2 cited

The mHz quasi-regular modulations of 4U 1630--47 during its 1998 outburst

Qingchang Zhao, Hongxing Yin, Lian Tao +19

We present the results of a detailed timing and spectral analysis of the quasi-regular modulation (QRM) phenomenon in the black hole X-ray binary 4U 1630--47 during its 1998 outbur…

astro-ph.HE2022★ 10 cited

High energy Millihertz quasi-periodic oscillations in 1A 0535+262 with Insight-HXMT challenge current models

Ruican Ma, Lian Tao, Shuang-Nan Zhang +21

We studied the millihertz quasi-periodic oscillation (mHz QPO) in the 2020 outburst of the Be/X-ray binary 1A 0535+262 using Insight-HXMT data over a broad energy band. The mHz QPO…