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astro-ph.HE2026

IXPE observation of the new magnetar source EP J223759.5+531421

Roberto Taverna, Lorenzo Marra, Roberto Turolla +9

We report on the detection of polarized X-ray emission from the new Galactic magnetar EP J223759.5+531421, discovered by the Einstein Probe Wide-field X-ray Telescope on 2026 June…

astro-ph.HE2026

Rapid Orbital Decay in the Ultracompact Double-degenerate Binary eRASSU J060839.5704014

Rahul Sharma, Chandreyee Maitra, Frank Haberl +9

We present timing and spectral analysis of the recently identified ultracompact double-degenerate (DD) white dwarf binary eRASSU J060839.5704014 using observations from NICER an…

astro-ph.HE2026

Broadband study of the Be/X-ray binary pulsar eRASSU J012422.9-724248 in the Magellanic Bridge, near the Eastern Wing of the Small Magellanic Cloud

Haonan Yang, Chandreyee Maitra, Frank Haberl +4

The first four all-sky surveys with eROSITA the soft X-ray instrument on board the Spektrum-Roentgen-Gamma (SRG) satellite revealed a new X-ray source, eRASSU J012422.9-724248, in…

astro-ph.HE2025

Probing accretion dynamics and spin evolution in the X-ray pulsar RX J0520.5-6932 during its 2024 Outburst

Rahul Sharma, Aru Beri, Biswajit Paul +3

After nearly a decade of quiescence, the transient Be/X-ray binary pulsar RX J0520.5-6932 underwent an outburst in 2024. We performed X-ray monitoring of the source with NICER and…

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-…