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astro-ph.HE2026

Probing an Intermediate-Mass Black Hole Companion of Sagittarius A* with Pulsar Timing

Zexin Hu, Lijing Shao

An intermediate-mass black hole (IMBH) hidden in our Galactic Center (GC) may explain the puzzling observations of the stellar distribution around Sagittarius A* (Sgr A*), the supe…

astro-ph.HE2026

Galactic Centre Pulsars with the SKAO

F. Abbate, A. Carleo, S. Chatterjee +18

The detection of a pulsar closely orbiting our Galaxy's supermassive black hole - Sagittarius~A* - is one of the ultimate prizes in pulsar astrophysics. The relativistic effects ex…

astro-ph.HE2026

Testing Gravity with Binary Pulsars in the SKA Era

V. Venkatraman Krishnan, L. Shao, V. Balakrishnan +21

Binary (and trinary) radio pulsars are natural laboratories in space for understanding gravity in the strong field regime, with many unique and precise tests carried out so far, in…

astro-ph.HE2026

Granular mass perturbations on the pulsar - supermassive black hole system

Zexin Hu, Lijing Shao

Discovery and timing observations of a radio pulsar orbiting around Sagittarius A*, the supermassive black hole (SMBH) in our Galactic Centre (GC), will provide unprecedented oppor…

astro-ph.HE2025

Testing Gravity with Binary Pulsars in the SKA Era

V. Venkatraman Krishnan, L. Shao, V. Balakrishnan +21

Binary (and trinary) radio pulsars are natural laboratories in space for understanding gravity in the strong field regime, with many unique and precise tests carried out so far, in…

astro-ph.HE2025★ 1 cited

Galactic Centre Pulsars with the SKAO

F. Abbate, A. Carleo, S. Chatterjee +19

The detection of a pulsar closely orbiting our Galaxy's supermassive black hole - Sagittarius A* - is one of the ultimate prizes in pulsar astrophysics. The relativistic effects ex…

astro-ph.HE2025

Detecting ultralight dark matter in the Galactic Center with pulsars around Sgr A*

Jiang-Chuan Yu, Yan Cao, Zexin Hu +1

Ultralight dark matter (ULDM) model is a leading dark matter candidate that arises naturally in extensions of the Standard Model. In the Galactic Center, ULDM manifests as dense hy…

astro-ph.HE2025

Fundamental Physics with Pulsars around Sagittarius A

Lijing Shao, Zexin Hu

Searching for radio pulsars orbiting around the Galactic centre black hole (BH), Sagittarius A (Sgr A), represents a holy grail goal for large-area radio telescopes…

astro-ph.HE2024★ 10 cited

Effects from Dark Matter Halos on X-ray Pulsar Pulse Profiles

Yukun Liu, Hong-Bo Li, Yong Gao +2

Neutron stars (NSs) can capture dark matter (DM) particles because of their deep gravitational potential and high density. The accumulated DM can affect the properties of NSs. In t…

astro-ph.HE2024★ 5 cited

Measuring the Spin of the Galactic Center Supermassive Black Hole with Two Pulsars

Zexin Hu, Lijing Shao

As a key science project of the Square Kilometre Array (SKA), the discovery and timing observations of radio pulsars in the Galactic Center would provide high-precision measurement…

astro-ph.HE2024★ 11 cited

Formation of GW230529 from Isolated Binary Evolution

Jin-Ping Zhu, Rui-Chong Hu, Yacheng Kang +4

In this {\em{Letter}}, we explore the formation of the mass-gap black hole-neutron star (mgBHNS) merger detected in gravitational wave (GW) event, i.e., GW230529, from the isolated…

astro-ph.HE2023★ 10 cited

Probing the vector charge of Sagittarius A* with pulsar timing

Zexin Hu, Lijing Shao, Rui Xu +2

Timing a pulsar orbiting around Sagittarius A* (Sgr A*) can provide us with a unique opportunity of testing gravity theories. We investigate the detectability of a vector charge ca…

astro-ph.HE2023★ 6 cited

Prospects for probing small-scale dark matter models with pulsars around Sagittarius A*

Zexin Hu, Lijing Shao, Fupeng Zhang

Future observations with next-generation large-area radio telescopes are expected to discover radio pulsars (PSRs) closely orbiting around Sagittarius~A* (Sgr~A*), the supermassive…

astro-ph.HE2023★ 7 cited

Quasi-periodic oscillations during magnetar giant flares in the strangeon star model

Hong-Bo Li, Yacheng Kang, Zexin Hu +3

Soft gamma-ray repeaters (SGRs) are widely understood as slowly rotating isolated neutron stars. Their generally large spin-down rates, high magnetic fields, and strong outburst en…

astro-ph.HE2023★ 7 cited

Prospects for detecting neutron star-white dwarf mergers with decihertz gravitational-wave observatories

Yacheng Kang, Chang Liu, Jin-Ping Zhu +6

Based on different neutron star-white dwarf (NS-WD) population models, we investigate the prospects of gravitational-wave (GW) detections for NS-WD mergers, with the help of early…