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20092026
most citedA novel scenario for the possible X-ray line feature at ~3.5 keV: Charge exchange with bare sulfur ions

86 citations · 481 across the 35 of their papers we have counts for

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35 papers

astro-ph.GA2026

Chemical enrichment of the Perseus cluster core seen by XRISM/Resolve

XRISM Collaboration, Marc Audard, Hisamitsu Awaki +143

The intracluster medium (ICM) is rich in chemical elements, produced by core-collapse (SNcc) and Type Ia supernovae (SNIa) over the last 12 Gyr. Whereas cluster outskirts are…

astro-ph.HE2026

The First Insights into an Ultraluminous X-ray Pulsar with XRISM: Phase-Resolved High-Resolution Spectroscopy of the Fe K-shell Band of M82 X-2

Shogo B. Kobayashi, Peter Kosec, Kazuki Ampuku +18

During the performance verification phase, XRISM observed the M82 galaxy for a net exposure of 207.7 ks, with the ultraluminous X-ray pulsar (ULXP) X-2 included in the field of vie…

astro-ph.HE2026★ 1 cited

Accurate Determination of Chemical Abundances near a Supermassive Black Hole

The XRISM collaboration

The metal abundances in galactic nuclei carry key information on the history of star formation and mass transfer in central regions of galaxies. X-ray fluorescence analysis is a un…

astro-ph.GA2026★ 3 cited

A Fast, Hot Wind from a Nuclear Starburst

XRISM Collaboration, Marc Audard, Hisamitsu Awaki +137

Galaxies with intense star formation often host multiphase, galaxy-scale winds powered by supernovae and fast stellar winds. These are strong enough to disrupt the star-forming int…

astro-ph.GA2025

A XRISM/Resolve view of the dynamics in the hot gaseous atmosphere of M87

XRISM Collaboration, M. Audard, H. Awaki +138

The XRISM/Resolve microcalorimeter directly measured the gas velocities in the core of the Virgo Cluster, the closest example of AGN feedback in a cluster. This proximity allows us…

astro-ph.HE2025★ 5 cited

Chlorine and Potassium Enrichment in the Cassiopeia A Supernova Remnant

XRISM collaboration

The elements in the universe are synthesized primarily in stars and supernovae, where nuclear fusion favors the production of even-Z elements. In contrast, odd-Z elements are less…

astro-ph.HE2025

XRISM constraints on unidentified X-ray emission lines, including the 3.5 keV line, in the stacked spectrum of ten galaxy clusters

XRISM Collaboration, Marc Audard, Hisamitsu Awaki +150

We stack 3.75 Megaseconds of early XRISM Resolve observations of ten galaxy clusters to search for unidentified spectral lines in the 2.5-15 keV band (rest frame), including t…

astro-ph.GA2025

Comparing XRISM cluster velocity dispersions with predictions from cosmological simulations: are feedback models too ejective?

XRISM Collaboration, Marc Audard, Hisamitsu Awaki +147

The dynamics of the intra-cluster medium (ICM), the hot plasma that fills galaxy clusters, are shaped by gravity-driven cluster mergers and feedback from supermassive black holes (…

astro-ph.HE2025★ 10 cited

Stratified wind from a super-Eddington X-ray binary is slower than expected

XRISM collaboration, Marc Audard, Hisamitsu Awaki +132

Accretion discs in strong gravity ubiquitously produce winds, seen as blueshifted absorption lines in the X-ray band of both stellar mass X-ray binaries (black holes and neutron st…

astro-ph.HE2025

XRISM/Resolve View of Abell 2319: Turbulence, Sloshing, and ICM Dynamics

XRISM Collaboration, Marc Audard, Hisamitsu Awaki +132

We present results from XRISM/Resolve observations of the core of the galaxy cluster Abell 2319, focusing on its kinematic properties. The intracluster medium (ICM) exhibits temper…

astro-ph.HE2025★ 1 cited

Disentangling Multiple Gas Kinematic Drivers in the Perseus Galaxy Cluster

XRISM Collaboration, Marc Audard, Hisamitsu Awaki +143

Galaxy clusters, the Universe's largest halo structures, are filled with 10-100 million degree X-ray-emitting gas. Their evolution is shaped by energetic processes such as feedback…

astro-ph.HE2025★ 49 cited

Structured ionized winds shooting out from a quasar at relativistic speeds

XRISM collaboration

Evidence indicates that supermassive black holes exist at the centers of most galaxies. Their mass correlates with the galactic bulge mass, suggesting a co-evolution with their hos…

astro-ph.CO2025

Constraining gas motion and non-thermal pressure beyond the core of the Abell 2029 galaxy cluster with XRISM

XRISM Collaboration, Marc Audard, Hisamitsu Awaki +137

We report a detailed spectroscopic study of the gas dynamics and hydrostatic mass bias of the galaxy cluster Abell 2029, utilizing high-resolution observations from XRISM Resolve.…

astro-ph.HE2025

XRISM forecast for the Coma cluster: stormy, with a steep power spectrum

XRISM Collaboration, Marc Audard, Hisamitsu Awaki +142

The XRISM Resolve microcalorimeter array measured the velocities of hot intracluster gas at two positions in the Coma galaxy cluster: 3'x3' squares at the center and at 6' (170 kpc…

astro-ph.IM2025

Characterization of a TES-based Anti-Coincidence Detector for Future Large Field-of-View X-ray Calorimetry Missions

Samuel V. Hull, Joseph S. Adams, Simon R. Bandler +22

Microcalorimeter instruments aboard future X-ray observatories will require an anti-coincidence (anti-co) detector to veto charged particle events and reduce the non-X-ray backgrou…

astro-ph.HE2025★ 43 cited

The bulk motion of gas in the core of the Centaurus galaxy cluster

XRISM collaboration

Galaxy clusters, the largest gravitationally bound structures in the Universe, contain vast amounts of dark matter, galaxies, and hot ionised gas known as the intracluster medium (…

astro-ph.IM2025

High count rate effects in event processing for XRISM/Resolve x-ray microcalorimeter: I. Ground test

Misaki Mizumoto, Tsubasa Tamba, Masahiro Tsujimoto +11

The spectroscopic performance of an X-ray microcalorimeter is compromised at high count rates. In this study, we utilize the Resolve X-ray microcalorimeter onboard the XRISM satell…

astro-ph.HE2024

Overionized plasma in the supernova remnant Sagittarius A East anchored by XRISM observations

XRISM Collaboration

Sagittarius A East is a supernova remnant with a unique surrounding environment, as it is located in the immediate vicinity of the supermassive black hole at the Galactic center, S…

astro-ph.HE2024

The XRISM/Resolve view of the Fe K region of Cyg X-3

XRISM Collaboration

The X-ray binary system Cygnus X-3 (4U 2030+40, V1521 Cyg) is luminous but enigmatic owing to the high intervening absorption. High-resolution X-ray spectroscopy uniquely probes th…

astro-ph.IM2023★ 2 cited

High count rate effects in event processing for XRISM/Resolve x-ray microcalorimeter

Misaki Mizumoto, Masahiro Tsujimoto, Renata S. Cumbee +11

The spectroscopic performance of x-ray instruments can be affected at high count rates. The effects and mitigation in the optical chain, such as x-ray attenuation filters or de-foc…

astro-ph.IM2023★ 2 cited

Revolutionary Solar System Science Enabled by the Line Emission Mapper X-ray Probe

William R. Dunn, Dimitra Koutroumpa, Jennifer A. Carter +27

The Line Emission Mapper's (LEM's) exquisite spectral resolution and effective area will open new research domains in Astrophysics, Planetary Science and Heliophysics. LEM will pro…

astro-ph.IM2022★ 46 cited

Line Emission Mapper (LEM): Probing the physics of cosmic ecosystems

Ralph Kraft, Maxim Markevitch, Caroline Kilbourne +107

The Line Emission Mapper (LEM) is an X-ray Probe for the 2030s that will answer the outstanding questions of the Universe's structure formation. It will also provide transformative…

astro-ph.HE2020★ 12 cited

RGS Observations of Ejecta Knots in Tycho's Supernova Remnant

Brian J. Williams, Satoru Katsuda, Renata Cumbee +3

We present results from {\it XMM-Newton/RGS} observations of prominent knots in the southest portion of Tycho's supernova remnant, known to be the remnant of a Type Ia SN in 1572 C…

astro-ph.HE2020★ 3 cited

Charge exchange, from the sky to the laboratory: A method to determine state-selective cross-sections for improved modeling

Gabriele L. Betancourt-Martinez, Renata S. Cumbee, Maurice A. Leutenegger

Charge exchange (CX) is a semi-resonant recombination process that can lead to spectral line emission in the X-ray band. It occurs in nearly any environment where hot plasma and co…