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most citedA truncated accretion disk in the galactic black hole source H1743-322

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astro-ph.HE2026

Importance and Science Outcomes from the first XSPECT/XPoSat Workshop

Anuj Nandi, Rwitika Chatterjee, V. P. Shyam Prakash +49

This paper summarizes the science outcomes of the first Workshop on Data Analysis using observations from the XSPECT payload onboard the XPoSat, which brought together early-career…

astro-ph.HE2026

Tracing the outburst decay of soft X-ray transients Aql X-1 and 4U 1608-52 with XSPECT

Rwitika Chatterjee, Vivek Kumar Agrawal, V. P. Shyam Prakash +2

XSPECT instrument on-board XPoSat mission is a soft X-ray spectrometer sensitive in the energy band 0.815 keV. XSPECT has observed several bright neutron star low mass X-ray bin…

astro-ph.HE2026

X-ray spectral and temporal evolution of atoll source 4U 1820-30 with AstroSat: detection of high frequency quasi-periodic oscillation

Subhasish Das, Vivek Kumar Agrawal, Parijat Thakur +4

AstroSat/LAXPC and SXT observed the persistent neutron star low-mass X-ray binary 4U 1820-30 between 2016 and 2022. During these observations, the hardness-intensity diagram (HID)…

astro-ph.HE2026

X-ray Timing and Spectral studies of the bare AGN Mrk 110

Deblina Lahiri, K. Sriram, Vivek Kumar Agrawal

The origin of the soft X-ray excess below 2 keV in active galactic nuclei (AGNs) remains debated, with relativistic reflection from the inner accretion disk and warm Comptonization…

astro-ph.HE2025

Accretion Geometry of the New Galactic Black Hole Candidate AT2019wey in the Hard State

Pragati Sahu, Swadesh Chand, Gulab C. Dewangan +3

We perform broadband spectral and timing studies of the Galactic low-mass black hole candidate AT2019wey using quasi-simultaneous NICER, Swift, and NuSTAR observations obtained in…

astro-ph.HE2025★ 1 cited

Spectral nature of Sco X-1 observed using the X-ray SPECtroscopy and Timing (XSPECT) payload on-board XPoSat

V. P. Shyam Prakash, Vivek K. Agrawal, Rwitika Chatterjee +3

Scorpius X-1 is the brightest and first discovered X-ray source in the sky. Studying this source in the low-energy band has been challenging in the past due to its high brightness.…

astro-ph.IM2025★ 2 cited

XSPECT on-board XPoSat: Calibration and First Results

Rwitika Chatterjee, Koushal Vadodariya, Radhakrishna Vatedka +6

XPoSat is India's first X-ray spectro-polarimetry mission, consisting of two co-aligned instruments, a polarimeter (POLIX) and a spectrometer (XSPECT), to study the X-ray emission…

astro-ph.IM2025★ 3 cited

X-Ray spectroscopy and timing (XSPECT) experiment on XPoSat -- instrument configuration and science prospects

Radhakrishna V, Anurag Tyagi, Koushal Vadodariya +11

X-ray Polarimeter Satellite (XPoSat) with POLarimeter Instrument in X-rays (POLIX), is India's first spacecraft dedicated to study medium energy X-ray polarisation from celestial o…

astro-ph.HE2025

First spectro-polarimetric study of the neutron star low-mass X-ray binary GX 9+1

V. P. Shyam Prakash, Vivek K. Agrawal, A. M. Vinodkumar

We present the first spectro-polarimetric study of the bright atoll source GX 9+1, using the simultaneous Imaging X-ray Polarimetry Explorer (IXPE), and Neutron star Interior Compo…

astro-ph.HE2024

Simultaneous X-ray and optical polarization observations of the blazar Mrk 421

Athira M. Bharathan, C. S. Stalin, S. Sahayanathan +7

We present near-simultaneous X-ray and optical polarization measurements in the high synchrotron peaked (HSP) blazar Mrk 421. The X-ray polarimetric observations were carried out u…

astro-ph.HE2024

Astrosat view of GX 339-4 during the peak of the recent outburst

Shyam Prakash V. P., Ramadevi M. C., Vivek K. Agrawal

We present the spectral and timing analyses of \textit{AstroSat} observations of the Black Hole X-ray Binary GX 339-4 when the source was close the peak of the outburst in 2024. We…

astro-ph.HE2024

AstroSat View of the Neutron Star Low-mass X-Ray Binary GX 5-1

Shyam Prakash V P, Vivek K. Agrawal

We present the spectral and timing study of the bright NS-LMXB GX 5-1 using \textit{\textit{AstroSat}/LAXPC} and \textit{SXT} observations conducted in the year 2018. During the ob…

astro-ph.HE2024★ 2 cited

Spectro-polarimetric study to constrain accretion-ejection properties of MCG-5-23-16 using IXPE and NuSTAR observations

Santanu Mondal, Rwitika Chatterjee, Vivek K. Agrawal +1

We conducted a study on the X-ray polarization properties of MCG-5-23-16 by analyzing long-term monitoring data from {\it NuSTAR} jointly with {\it IXPE} observations made in May a…

astro-ph.HE2024★ 2 cited

AstroSat View of Transient Low-mass X-ray Binary XTE J1701-462: Spectral and Temporal Evolution along the Z-track

Vivek K. Agrawal

AstroSat observed transient neutron star low-mass X-ray binary XTE J1701-462 for a total duration of 135 ks during its 2022 outburst. The source traced a complete `Z' shaped…

astro-ph.HE2023★ 1 cited

Detection of X-ray Polarization in the High Synchrotron Peaked Blazar 1ES 1959+650

Athira M. Bharathan, C. S. Stalin, Rwitika Chatterjee +4

We report the measurement of X-ray polarization in the high synchrotron peaked blazar 1ES 1959+650. Of the four epochsof observations from the {\it Imaging X-ray Polarimetry Explor…

astro-ph.HE2023

X-ray polarization observations of IC 4329A with IXPE: Constraining the geometry of the X-ray corona

Indrani Pal, C. S. Stalin, Rwitika Chatterjee +1

X-ray polarimetry is a powerful tool to probe the geometry of the hot X-ray corona in active galactic nuclei (AGN). Here, we present our results on the characterisation of the X-ra…

astro-ph.HE2009★ 12 cited

A truncated accretion disk in the galactic black hole source H1743-322

K. Sriram, V. K. Agrawal, A. R. Rao

To investigate the geometry of the accretion disk in the source H1743-322, we have carried out a detailed X-ray temporal and spectral study using RXTE pointed observations. We have…