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astro-ph.HE2025

The First X-Ray Polarimetry of an Eclipsing Low-Mass X-Ray Binary: Serendipitous IXPE Observation of AX J1745.6-2901

Romana Mikušincová, Lorenzo Marra, Hemanth Manikantan +38

We present the first X-ray polarimetric measurement of the neutron star low-mass X-ray binary system AX J1745.6-2901 conducted by the Imaging X-ray Polarimetry Explorer (IXPE) sate…

astro-ph.HE2025★ 2 cited

XMM-Newton view of pulsating iron fluorescent emission from Centaurus X3

Kinjal Roy, Hemanth Manikantan, Biswajit Paul

Cen X-3 is a bright, high-mass X-ray binary pulsar. We present a pulse phase-resolved X-ray spectral analysis of data from an archival XMM-Newton observation of Cen X-3 taken durin…

astro-ph.HE2025

Unveiling the intensity-dependent wake structure of Vela X-1 using MAXI/GSC

Abhisek Tamang, Kinjal Roy, Hemanth Manikantan +2

Context. Vela X-1 is among the earliest discovered high-mass X-ray binary (HMXB) pulsars. In such systems, the companion's stellar wind is strongly affected by ionisation from X-ra…

astro-ph.HE2024

Studying the X-ray absorption characteristics of Centaurus X-3 using nearly 14 years of MAXI/GSC data

Ajith Balu, Kinjal Roy, Hemanth Manikantan +2

Centaurus X-3 is a persistent high-mass X-ray binary with the long-term light curve from the source exhibiting orbit-to-orbit intensity variations with no apparent superorbital per…

astro-ph.HE2024★ 7 cited

Luminosity dependence of the multiple cyclotron lines in 4U 011563

Kinjal Roy, Hemanth Manikantan, Biswajit Paul

The Be X-ray binary 4U 011563 underwent a giant outburst in 2023 with the X-ray luminosity of the source reaching 10 erg s. During the outburst, two target of oppo…

astro-ph.HE2024

Energy dependence of Quasi-periodic oscillations in accreting X-ray pulsars

Hemanth Manikantan, Biswajit Paul, Rahul Sharma +2

We present the results from an investigation of the energy dependence of Quasi-Periodic Oscillations (QPOs) exhibited by accreting X-ray pulsars using data from archival \textit{XM…

astro-ph.HE2024★ 1 cited

Detection of a cyclotron line in the Be X-ray pulsar IGR J060742205

Kinjal Roy, Rahul Sharma, Hemanth Manikantan +1

IGR J0607.4+2205 is a transient Be X-ray binary discovered two decades ago. IGR J0607.4+2205 underwent an outburst in 2023 during which it was observed twice with \textit{NuSTAR}.…

astro-ph.HE2023

Studying the variability of fluorescence emission and the presence of clumpy wind in HMXB GX 3012 using XMM-Newton

Kinjal Roy, Hemanth Manikantan, Biswajit Paul

We present the results from an analysis of data from an \textit{XMM-Newton} observation of the accreting high mass X-ray binary pulsar GX 3012. Spectral analysis in the non-flar…

astro-ph.HE2023

Investigating the orbital evolution of the eccentric HMXB GX 3012 using long-term X-ray lightcurves

Hemanth Manikantan, Manish Kumar, Biswajit Paul +1

We report the orbital decay rate of the high mass X-ray binary GX 3012 from an analysis of its long-term X-ray light curves and pulsed flux histories from CGRO/BATSE, RXTE/ASM,…

astro-ph.HE2023

An investigation of the "10 keV feature" in the spectra of Accretion Powered X-ray Pulsars with NuSTAR

Hemanth Manikantan, Biswajit Paul, Vikram Rana

Some of the accreting X-ray pulsars are reported to exhibit a peculiar spectral feature at 10 keV, known as the "10 keV feature". The feature has been characterized as either…

astro-ph.HE2023★ 4 cited

Changes in the distribution of circum-binary material around the HMXB GX 301-2 during a rapid spin-up episode of the neutron star

Hemanth Manikantan, Biswajit Paul, Kinjal Roy +1

Some accretion powered X-ray pulsars with supergiant companion stars undergo occasional rapid spin-up episodes that last for weeks to a few months. We explore the changes in the ac…