3 papers
astro-ph.HE2026
Rapid quasi-periodic reconfiguration of the accretion column in pulsar 1A 0535+262
Lingda Kong, Xiaohang Dai, Andrea Santangelo +12
Accretion onto strongly magnetized neutron stars is commonly interpreted using quasi-steady models, in which the accretion-column structure adjusts smoothly to the mass inflow rate…
astro-ph.HE2025
Probing the emission geometry of the X-ray pulsar 2S 1417624 during a weak outburst with NICER, IXPE, and NuSTAR
Menglei Zhou, Pengju Wang, Honghui Liu +13
We report results from a multi-mission observational campaign of the transient X-ray pulsar 2S~1417624 during its 2025 outburst, using data from NICER, IXPE, and NuSTAR. Phase-a…
astro-ph.HE2025
Probing the polarized emission from the accretion-powered pulsar 4U 1907+09 with IXPE
Menglei Zhou, Lorenzo Ducci, Honghui Liu +12
We present observations of the accretion-powered X-ray pulsar (XRP) 4U 1907+09, conducted with the Imaging X-ray Polarimetry Explorer (IXPE) that delivers the first high-quality po…