activity
20242026
most citedScience objectives of the Einstein Probe mission

89 citations · 125 across the 18 of their papers we have counts for

collaborators

20 papers

astro-ph.HE2026

Two sides of the same spin: tracking optical and radio pulsations of SAX J1808.4-3658 from outburst to quiescence

C. Ballocco, A. Miraval Zanon, A. Papitto +25

High-time-resolution optical and UV observations have revealed bright coherent pulsations from accreting millisecond pulsars, exceeding the luminosity expected from thermal emissio…

cs.LG2026

CHASE: Channel-Aligned Structure Exploitation for Geometry-Aware Model Engineering

Wei Wang, Wei Jiang, Ziran Liu

Geometric and Spectral Alignment (GSA) characterizes trained networks through spectral concentration, physical-channel alignment, support structure, and changes in singular bases.…

astro-ph.HE2026

Einstein Probe discovery of the magnetar EP J223759.5+531421

N. Rea, F. Coti Zelati, A. Borghese +44

We report the discovery and early outburst evolution of the new Galactic magnetar EP J223759.5+531421, detected by the Einstein Probe Wide-field X-ray Telescope on 2026 June 28. Fo…

astro-ph.HE2026

A FAST search for radio pulsations during the dormant state of the AMSPs IGR J00291+5934 and MAXI J1957+032

A. Marino, E. Parent, F. Coti Zelati +15

Accreting millisecond pulsars (AMSPs) and transitional millisecond pulsars (tMSPs) are neutron star low-mass X-ray binaries which can evolve into "recycled" radio millisecond pulsa…

astro-ph.HE2026

Multi-wavelength outburst activity from EP J174942.2-384834: a very faint X-ray transient discovered by Einstein Probe

F. Coti Zelati, A. Marino, Y. L. Wang +27

We report the discovery and multi-wavelength characterization of the Galactic transient EP J174942.2384834, first detected by the Einstein Probe during a faint X-ray outburst in…

astro-ph.HE2026

Einstein Probe discovery of EP J171159.4-333253: an eclipsing neutron star low-mass X-ray binary with clocked bursts

Y. L. Wang, F. Coti Zelati, E. Parent +27

EP J171159.4-333253 is a new neutron-star low-mass X-ray binary discovered in outburst by the Einstein Probe (EP) on 2025 June 23, exhibiting clocked type-I X-ray bursts, eclipses…

astro-ph.HE2025★ 2 cited

XMM-Newton multi-year campaign on NGC 55 ULX-1: Resolving the wind and its variability with RGS

C. Pinto, S. Caserta, F. Barra +12

Winds are an important ingredient in the evolution of X-ray binary (XRB) systems, particularly those at high accretion rates such as ultra-luminous X-ray sources (ULXs), because th…

astro-ph.IM2025

The multiple facets of millisecond pulsar binaries

A. Miraval Zanon, G. Illiano, F. Ambrosino +17

Millisecond pulsar (MSP) binaries are unique laboratories for studying matter and radiation under extreme conditions that are unattainable on Earth. Recent detections of optical mi…

astro-ph.HE2025★ 1 cited

Aql X-1 from dawn 'til dusk: the early rise, fast state transition and decay of its 2024 outburst

A. Marino, F. Coti Zelati, K. Alabarta +36

Transient Low-Mass X-ray Binaries (LMXBs) are usually first detected by all-sky X-ray monitors when they enter new outbursts, typically at X-ray luminosities above 10…

astro-ph.HE2025★ 1 cited

A fast powerful X-ray transient from possible tidal disruption of a white dwarf

Dongyue Li, Wenda Zhang, Jun Yang +97

Stars captured by black holes (BHs) can be torn apart by strong tidal forces, producing electromagnetic flares. To date, more than 100 tidal disruption events (TDEs) have been obse…

astro-ph.HE2025★ 3 cited

XRISM reveals a variable, multi-phase outflow-inflow structure during the X-ray obscured 2024 outburst of the black hole transient V4641 Sgr

Maxime Parra, Megumi Shidatsu, Ryota Tomaru +23

We report the results of a simultaneous X-ray and optical spectroscopy campaign on the Galactic black hole X-ray binary V4641 Sgr, carried out with XRISM and the Seimei telescope d…

astro-ph.HE2025

Einstein Probe Discovery of EP J182730.0-095633: A New Black Hole X-ray Binary Candidate in Faint Outburst?

Huaqing Cheng, Qingchang Zhao, L. Tao +77

Black hole X-ray binaries (candidates) currently identified in our galaxy are mainly transient sources, with the majority discovered through the detection of their X-ray outbursts.…

astro-ph.HE2025★ 3 cited

Einstein Probe discovery of the short period intermediate polar EP J115415.8-501810

Y. Xiao, M. Ge, N. Rea +21

The X-ray transient source EP240309a/EP\,J115415.8501810 was first detected by the Wide-Field X-ray Telescope (WXT) on board Einstein Probe (EP) during the commissioning phase.…

astro-ph.HE2025★ 2 cited

Detection of low-luminosity X-ray pulsations from the accreting millisecond pulsar IGR J17511-3057: An ever-thinning thread between bright accretion and sub-luminous states

Giulia Illiano, Alessandro Papitto, Sergio Campana +14

After nearly a decade in quiescence, the accreting millisecond pulsar IGR J175113057 displayed a new outburst on 2025 February 11, its third since discovery, following previous…

astro-ph.HE2025★ 1 cited

Probing multi-band variability and mode switching in the candidate transitional millisecond pulsar 3FGL J1544.6-1125

Giulia Illiano, Francesco Coti Zelati, Arianna Miraval Zanon +20

We present the most extensive high-time resolution multi-band campaign to date on the candidate transitional millisecond pulsar (tMSP) 3FGL J1544.6-1125 in the sub-luminous disk st…

astro-ph.HE2025★ 89 cited

Science objectives of the Einstein Probe mission

Weimin Yuan, Lixin Dai, Hua Feng +93

The Einstein Probe (EP) is an interdisciplinary mission of time-domain and X-ray astronomy. Equipped with a wide-field lobster-eye X-ray focusing imager, EP will discover cosmic X-…

astro-ph.HE2024★ 21 cited

Einstein Probe discovery of EP240408a: a peculiar X-ray transient with an intermediate timescale

Wenda Zhang, Weimin Yuan, Zhixing Ling +136

We report the discovery of a peculiar X-ray transient, EP240408a, by Einstein Probe (EP) and follow-up studies made with EP, Swift, NICER, GROND, ATCA and other ground-based multi-…

astro-ph.HE2024

Short-term variability of the transitional pulsar candidate CXOU J110926.4-650224 from X-rays to infrared

F. Coti Zelati, D. de Martino, V. S. Dhillon +14

CXOU J110926.4-650224 is a candidate transitional millisecond pulsar (tMSP) with X-ray and radio emission properties reminiscent of those observed in confirmed tMSPs in their X-ray…

astro-ph.HE2024★ 1 cited

Einstein Probe discovery of EP J005245.1-722843: a rare BeWD binary in the Small Magellanic Cloud?

A. Marino, H. Yang, F. Coti Zelati +32

On May 27 2024, the Wide-field X-ray Telescope onboard the Einstein Probe (EP) mission detected enhanced X-ray emission from a new transient source in the Small Magellanic Cloud (S…

astro-ph.HE2024★ 1 cited

Constraints on the dense matter equation of state from young and cold isolated neutron stars

Alessio Marino, Clara Dehman, Konstantinos Kovlakas +3

Neutron stars are the dense and highly magnetic relics of supernova explosions of massive stars. The quest to constrain the Equation of State (EoS) of ultra-dense matter and thereb…