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most citedHitomi constraints on the 3.5 keV line in the Perseus galaxy cluster

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astro-ph.HE2026

ALMA Observations of DEM L241/LMC P3 in the Large Magellanic Cloud: Evidence for the Formation of Cool Molecular Jets Driven by a Microquasar

Yasuo Fukui, Bhuvana G. R., Hidetoshi Sano +17

We present ALMA observations of DEML 241/LMC P3, the most luminous -ray binary consisting of a compact object and an O star, in CO emission. We have found an one-sided jet-like…

astro-ph.HE2026

The Geometry of Ultra-Fast Outflows Probed by Soft X-ray Variability in PDS 456

Riki Sato, Kouichi Hagino, Toshiya Iwata +20

Constraining the location and geometry of ultra-fast outflows (UFOs) is essential for identifying where they are launched and how they are accelerated. We investigate the soft X-ra…

astro-ph.HE2026

Three-Dimensional Expansion of Iron Ejecta in Cassiopeia A with Chandra and XRISM

Aya Bamba, Tomoki Kadoya, Kouichi Hagino +4

Measurement of the expansion structure of ejecta in supernova remnants (SNRs) provides important information about their explosion mechanism. We combine Chandra proper-motion measu…

astro-ph.HE2026★ 1 cited

Accurate Determination of Chemical Abundances near a Supermassive Black Hole

The XRISM collaboration

The metal abundances in galactic nuclei carry key information on the history of star formation and mass transfer in central regions of galaxies. X-ray fluorescence analysis is a un…

astro-ph.HE2026★ 2 cited

High Spectral Resolution X-ray Observations of the Evolved Supermassive Stellar Binary System Carinae - Iron K Band Profile Revealed with XRISM

XRISM Collaboration, Marc Audard, Hisamitsu Awaki +138

The supermassive binary system, Carinae, is experiencing enormous wind-driven mass loss at a rate unparalleled in the rest of the Galaxy. Their wind-wind collision (WWC) contin…

astro-ph.HE2026

Mapping plasma properties of Cassiopeia A with XRISM/Resolve: a Bayesian analysis via UltraSPEX

Manan Agarwal, Jacco Vink, Liyi Gu +5

Mapping the physical conditions of the shocked plasma of young supernova remnants (SNR) is crucial for understanding their explosion mechanisms, ejecta structure, and large-scale a…

astro-ph.HE2026

X-ray Analysis and Photon-transport Simulations of SMC X-1: A Warped-disc Origin of the Superorbital Modulation

Satoshi Takashima, Hirokazu Odaka, Ryota Tomaru +3

The luminous accreting pulsar SMC X-1 is an appropriate target to explore the accretion dynamics. SMC X-1 shows unique quasi-periodic flux variability of 40-65days known as sup…

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.HE2026

Asymmetric distribution of Fe-peak elements in Cassiopeia A revealed by XRISM

Toshiki Sato, Shin-ichiro Fujimoto, Koji Mori +20

The elemental abundances of the Fe-peak elements (such as Cr, Mn, Fe and Ni) and Ti are important for understanding the environment of explosive nuclear burning for the core-collap…

astro-ph.HE2025★ 5 cited

Chlorine and Potassium Enrichment in the Cassiopeia A Supernova Remnant

XRISM collaboration

The elements in the universe are synthesized primarily in stars and supernovae, where nuclear fusion favors the production of even-Z elements. In contrast, odd-Z elements are less…

astro-ph.HE2025★ 3 cited

The Advanced X-ray Imaging Satellite (AXIS) Community Science Book

Michael Koss, Nafisa Aftab, Steven W. Allen +395

The AXIS Community Science Book represents the collective effort of 592 scientists worldwide to define the transformative science enabled by the Advanced X-ray Imaging Satellite (A…

astro-ph.HE2025

XRISM constraints on unidentified X-ray emission lines, including the 3.5 keV line, in the stacked spectrum of ten galaxy clusters

XRISM Collaboration, Marc Audard, Hisamitsu Awaki +150

We stack 3.75 Megaseconds of early XRISM Resolve observations of ten galaxy clusters to search for unidentified spectral lines in the 2.5-15 keV band (rest frame), including t…

astro-ph.HE2025★ 10 cited

Stratified wind from a super-Eddington X-ray binary is slower than expected

XRISM collaboration, Marc Audard, Hisamitsu Awaki +132

Accretion discs in strong gravity ubiquitously produce winds, seen as blueshifted absorption lines in the X-ray band of both stellar mass X-ray binaries (black holes and neutron st…

astro-ph.HE2025

Chandra Large Project Observations of the Supernova Remnant N132D: Measuring the Expansion of the Forward Shock

Xi Long, Paul P. Plucinsky, Terrance J. Gaetz +15

We present results from the Chandra X-ray Observatory Large Project (878 ks in 28 observations) of the Large Magellanic Cloud supernova remnant N132D. We measure the expansion of t…

astro-ph.HE2025

The electron temperature distribution and the high ionization just behind the shock in the Cygnus Loop

Masahiro Ichihashi, Aya Bamba, Dai Tateishi +6

The physical processes behind astrophysical collisionless shocks, such as thermal relaxation and ionization after shock passage, remain poorly understood. To investigate these proc…

astro-ph.HE2025

XRISM/Resolve View of Abell 2319: Turbulence, Sloshing, and ICM Dynamics

XRISM Collaboration, Marc Audard, Hisamitsu Awaki +132

We present results from XRISM/Resolve observations of the core of the galaxy cluster Abell 2319, focusing on its kinematic properties. The intracluster medium (ICM) exhibits temper…

astro-ph.HE2025★ 1 cited

Disentangling Multiple Gas Kinematic Drivers in the Perseus Galaxy Cluster

XRISM Collaboration, Marc Audard, Hisamitsu Awaki +143

Galaxy clusters, the Universe's largest halo structures, are filled with 10-100 million degree X-ray-emitting gas. Their evolution is shaped by energetic processes such as feedback…

astro-ph.HE2025★ 3 cited

XRISM Observations of Cassiopeia A: Overview, Atomic Data, and Spectral Models

Paul Plucinsky, Manan Agarwal, Liyi Gu +15

Cassiopeia A (Cas A) is the youngest known core-collapse supernova remnant (SNR) in the Galaxy and is perhaps the best-studied SNR in X-rays. Cas A has a line-rich spectrum dominat…

astro-ph.HE2025★ 49 cited

Structured ionized winds shooting out from a quasar at relativistic speeds

XRISM collaboration

Evidence indicates that supermassive black holes exist at the centers of most galaxies. Their mass correlates with the galactic bulge mass, suggesting a co-evolution with their hos…

astro-ph.HE2025

Mapping Cassiopeia A's silicon/sulfur Doppler velocities with XRISM-Resolve

Jacco Vink, Manan Agarwal, Aya Bamba +22

Young supernova remnants (SNRs) provide crucial insights into explosive nucleosynthesis products and their velocity distribution soon after the explosion. However, these velocities…

astro-ph.HE2025

The nature of spectral variability of the accreting pulsar Centaurus X-3 unveiled by NuSTAR observation covering two orbital cycles

Tsubasa Tamba, Hirokazu Odaka, Atsushi Tanimoto +3

We conducted a NuSTAR observation on the X-ray pulsar Centaurus X-3, which covered two consecutive orbital cycles of the source, including two eclipse durations. We…

astro-ph.HE2024

Spectrum and location of ongoing extreme particle acceleration in Cassiopeia A

Jooyun Woo, Kaya Mori, Charles J. Hailey +8

Young supernova remnants (SNRs) are believed to be the origin of energetic cosmic rays (CRs) below the "knee" of their spectrum at petaelectronvolt (PeV, eV). Nev…

astro-ph.HE2024★ 3 cited

Multi-epoch X-ray spectral analysis of Centaurus A: revealing new constraints on iron emission line origins

Toshiya Iwata, Atsushi Tanimoto, Hirokazu Odaka +3

We conduct X-ray reverberation mapping and spectral analysis of the radio galaxy Centaurus A to uncover its central structure. We compare the light curve of the hard X-ray continuu…

astro-ph.HE2024

On the X-ray efficiency of the white dwarf pulsar candidate ZTF J190132.9+145808.7

Aya Bamba, Yukikatsu Terada, Kazumi Kashiyama +3

Strongly magnetized, rapidly rotating massive white dwarfs (WDs) emerge as potential outcomes of double degenerate mergers. These WDs can act as sources of non-thermal emission and…