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20032026
most citedThe Nuclear Spectroscopic Telescope Array (NuSTAR) Mission

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121 papers

astro-ph.HE2026

Spinning Between Models: Continuum and Reflection Constraints in the Intermediate States of GRS 1716-249 and GRS 1739-278

Tiffany Tausch, Paul A. Draghis, Erin Kara +7

Measurements of stellar-mass black hole spin probe accretion under strong gravity and constrain black hole formation and evolution. Intermediate states, in which thermal disk, coro…

astro-ph.IM2026

Lynx2030 Science Analysis Group: Final Report

Lynx2030 Science Analysis Group, Simon R. Bandler, Laura W. Brenneman +51

The Lynx2030 Science Analysis Group (SAG) was convened to reassess the scientific goals and technical drivers of the Lynx mission concept amid a rapidly evolving astrophysics lands…

astro-ph.IM2026

X-ray grating spectroscopy as a mission enhancement

Hans Moritz Guenther, Ehud Behar, Joel N. Bregman +27

We propose to add instruments to any potential future X-ray mission with focussing optics that is considered in NASA's ASTRA framework. Such an instrument is a necessity to study A…

astro-ph.HE2026

XRISM Spectroscopy of Variable Accretion-driven Disk Winds in NGC 4151: When, Where, and How Fast Outflows are Launched

Xin Xiang, Jon Miller, Missagh Mehdipour +12

X-ray observations probe the inner accretion flow within active galactic nuclei, revealing the highest gas column densities and fastest winds. The most diverse winds yet revealed w…

astro-ph.HE2026

Kinematically Resolving the Fe K Complex in Her X-1: The Accretion Disk and Ionized Wind Across X-ray Eclipses

Koh Sakamoto, Teruaki Enoto, Peter Kosec +8

We present XRISM/Resolve spectroscopy of Her X-1 across three X-ray eclipses observed in September 2024, resolving its iron K complex through the ingress, mid-eclipse, and egress p…

astro-ph.HE2026

Dissecting the Nuclear Structure of NGC 5548 with XRISM. I. Physical Properties of the Highly Ionized Outflows

Missagh Mehdipour, Jon M. Miller, Jelle S. Kaastra +21

We present a detailed spectral analysis of an X-Ray Imaging and Spectroscopy Mission (XRISM) observation of the prototypical Seyfert 1 galaxy NGC 5548. XRISM's Resolve microcalorim…