3 papers
astro-ph.HE2025
Formation Channels of Magnetars
Rui-Chong Hu, Bing Zhang
The formation channels of magnetars remain an open question. Although core collapse supernovae of isolated massive stars are important, binary interactions -- such as tidal interac…
astro-ph.HE2025
Magnetars in Binaries as the Engine of Actively Repeating Fast Radio Bursts
Bing Zhang, Rui-Chong Hu
The association between FRB 20200428D and the Galactic magnetar SGR J1935+2154 makes magnetars the leading engine of cosmological fast radio bursts (FRBs). However, there is a list…
astro-ph.EP2024
JWST reveals a rapid and strong day side variability of 55 Cancri e
J. A. Patel, A. Brandeker, D. Kitzmann +16
The nature of the close-in rocky planet 55 Cnc e is puzzling despite having been observed extensively. Its optical and infrared occultation depths show temporal variability, in add…