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most citedImproved Reflection Models of Black-Hole Accretion Disks: Treating the Angular Distribution of X-rays

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cs.LG2026

Distilling Graph Geometry: Knowledge Gap from GNNs to MLPs

Zhewei Chen, Hao Zhu, Jiaojiao Jiang +1

GNN-to-MLP distillation aims to retain the predictive accuracy of a message-passing teacher while deploying a graph-free MLP at inference. Existing methods mainly transfer node-wis…

astro-ph.IM2026

An X-ray Extremely wide-field Spectroscopic Surveyor (XESS, or "chess")

W. P. Maksym, M. Ulmer, S. Friedrich +20

We propose an X-ray observatory, the X-ray Extremely wide-field Spectroscopic Surveyor (XESS, pronounced "Chess") to bring high energy resolution X-ray spectroscopy into the era of…

astro-ph.GA2026

The WISSH quasars project XIII. A multi-epoch study of ultra-fast broad absorption line outflows at cosmic noon

A. Deconto-Machado, G. Vietri, E. Piconcelli +22

Ultra-fast broad absorption line outflows (uBAL, ~0.1-0.2c) represent some of the most extreme manifestations of quasar-driven winds. We aim to investigate the variability of uBALs…

astro-ph.GA2026

Super-Eddington Accretion and Early-Stage Feedback in Ton S180

Pierpaolo Condò, Giacomo Venturi, Eleonora Parlanti +15

Narrow-line Seyfert 1 (NLSy1) galaxies are key laboratories for studying rapid supermassive black hole (SMBH) growth and active galactic nucleus (AGN) feedback at high accretion ra…

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.IM2026

EXPO: a quantum leap in fast, wide-band X-ray polarimetry for astrophysics

Paolo Soffitta, Sebastien Guillot, Ian Hutchinson +137

The Enhanced X-ray Polarimetry Observatory (EXPO) is a mission concept proposed to ESA as an M8 candidate, with a prospective launch in 2041. Building on the scientific success of…