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Detection of kilosecond hard lags in the new pulsating ULX candidate NGC 7456 ULX-1
W. Leone, F. Pintore, C. Pinto +19
Context. Ultraluminous X-ray sources (ULXs) are thought to be powered, in many cases, by super-Eddington accretion onto compact objects. While soft X-ray lags have been detected in…
Accurate distances of the Galactic spiral arms from dust-scattered X-ray emission of gamma-ray bursts
B. Vaia, I. Fornasiero, A. Tiengo +5
The details of the spiral structure of the Milky Way are still debated due to large uncertainties in the distance estimates obtained through the most common tracers. X-ray dust sca…
Chasing Gamma-Ray Signals from Binary Neutron Star Coalescences with the Cherenkov Telescope Array: Prospects and Observing Strategies
S. Abe, J. Abhir, A. Abhishek +457
The detection of gravitational waves (GWs) from a binary neutron star (BNS) merger by Advanced LIGO and Advanced Virgo (GW170817), together with its electromagnetic counterpart, th…
A high-resolution X-ray view of the ultra-fast outflow in MAXI J1810-222
C. Pinto, M. Del Santo, A. D'Aì +10
In previous work, it was reported that the Galactic black hole candidate MAXI J1810-222 exhibited a notable absorption spectral feature at around 1 keV in low-resolution X-ray spec…
The elusive cyclotron line in 4U 1901+03: hidden, yet present
Elena Ambrosi, Antonino D' Aì, Giancarlo Cusumano +8
Context. Cyclotron resonant scattering features (CRSFs) in accreting X-ray pulsars are often difficult to detect, especially when shallow or variable. Recent studies have shown tha…
Unveiling the biconical geometry of the outflow in the ultraluminous X-ray source NGC 5204 X-1
S. Caserta, C. Pinto, T. Di Salvo +9
Ultraluminous X-ray sources (ULXs) are non-nuclear X-ray binary systems that exceed the Eddington luminosity for a 10 Msun black hole. The majority of these sources are thought to…
Discovery of a 9.67-s pulsar in an ultraluminous X-ray source in NGC 4631 with XMM-Newton
L. Ducci, S. Mereghetti, F. Pintore +4
Thanks to a recent observation with XMM-Newton, we discovered periodic pulsations at P= 9.6652 +/- 0.0002 s in a new ultraluminous X-ray source (ULX) in the galaxy NGC 4631. This s…
How the spin-phase variability of cyclotron lines shapes the pulsed fraction spectra: insights from 4U 1538-52
Dimitrios K. Maniadakis, Ekaterina Sokolova-Lapa, Antonino D'Aì +15
We study the energy-dependent pulse profile of 4U 1538-52 and its phase-dependent spectral variability, with emphasis on the behavior around the cyclotron resonant scattering featu…
A new pulsating neutron star in the Ultraluminous X-ray source NGC 4559 X7?
F. Pintore, C. Pinto, G. Rodriguez-Castillo +17
Ultraluminous X-ray sources (ULX) are extragalactic objects with X-ray luminosities above the Eddington limit for a 10 Msun black hole (BH). ULXs may host super-Eddington accreting…
Energy-resolved pulse profile changes in V 0332+53: Indications of wings in the cyclotron absorption line profile
Antonino D'Aì, Dimitrios K. Maniadakis, Carlo Ferrigno +15
We aim to investigate the energy-resolved pulse profile changes of the accreting X-ray pulsar V 0332+53, focusing in the cyclotron line energy range, using the full set of availabl…
Pulsating ultraluminous X-ray sources: modeling the thermal emission and polarization properties
S. Conforti, L. Zampieri, R. Taverna +4
Ultraluminous X-ray sources (ULXs) are enigmatic sources first discovered in the 1980s in external galaxies. They are characterized by their extraordinarily high X-ray luminosity,…
Skipping a beat: discovery of persistent quasi-periodic oscillations associated with pulsed fraction drop of the spin signal in M51 ULX-7
Matteo Imbrogno, Sara Elisa Motta, Roberta Amato +24
The discovery of pulsations in (at least) six ultraluminous X-ray sources (ULXs) has shown that neutron stars can accrete at (highly) super-Eddington rates, challenging the standar…
The restless population of bright X-ray sources of NCG 3621
A. Sacchi, M. Imbrogno, S. E. Motta +9
We report on the multi-year evolution of the population of X-ray sources in the nuclear region of NGC 3621 based on Chandra, XMM-Newton and Swift observations. Among these, two sou…
The Orbit of NGC 5907 ULX-1
Andrea Belfiore, Ruben Salvaterra, Lara Sidoli +13
We report on the orbit of the binary system powering the most extreme ultraluminous X-ray pulsar known to date: NGC 5907 ULX-1 (hereafter ULX1). ULX1 has been the target of a subst…
Spectroscopy of a Sample of Unidentified Gamma-ray Fermi Sources
Alberto Ulgiati, Simona Paiano, Aldo Treves +5
The fourth-DR3 version (4FGL-DR3) of the Fermi/LAT catalogue of -ray sources contains 1000 objects at a galactic latitude |b| > 10 which are not identified with…
The High Energy X-ray Probe (HEX-P): Studying Extreme Accretion with Ultraluminous X-ray Sources
Matteo Bachetti, Matthew J. Middleton, Ciro Pinto +25
Ultraluminous X-ray sources (ULXs) represent an extreme class of accreting compact objects: from the identification of some of the accretors as neutron stars to the detection of po…
Chasing Gravitational Waves with the Cherenkov Telescope Array
Jarred Gershon Green, Alessandro Carosi, Lara Nava +563
The detection of gravitational waves from a binary neutron star merger by Advanced LIGO and Advanced Virgo (GW170817), along with the discovery of the electromagnetic counterparts…
Variability studies of active galactic nuclei from the long-term monitoring program with the Cherenkov Telescope Array
Guillaume Grolleron, Josefa Becerra González, Jonathan Biteau +13
Blazars are active galactic nuclei (AGN) with a relativistic jet oriented toward the observer. This jet is composed of accelerated particles which can display emission over the ent…
Dark matter searches in dwarf spheroidal galaxies with the Cherenkov Telescope Array
Francesco Gabriele Saturni, Michele Doro, Aldo Morselli +1
Dark matter (DM) is one of the major components in the Universe. However, at present its existence is still only inferred through indirect astronomical observations. DM particles c…
Prospects for -ray observations of the Perseus galaxy cluster with the Cherenkov Telescope Array
The Cherenkov Telescope Array Consortium, :, K. Abe +564
Galaxy clusters are expected to be dark matter (DM) reservoirs and storage rooms for the cosmic-ray protons (CRp) that accumulate along the cluster's formation history. Accordingly…
The accretion/ejection link in the neutron star X-ray binary 4U 1820-30 I: A boundary layer-jet coupling?
A. Marino, T. D. Russell, M. Del Santo +16
The accretion flow / jet correlation in neutron star (NS) low-mass X-ray binaries (LMXBs) is far less understood when compared to black hole (BH) LMXBs. In this paper we will prese…
An ultrafast outflow in the black hole candidate MAXI J1810-222?
M. Del Santo, C. Pinto, A. Marino +9
The transient X-ray source MAXI J1810-222 was discovered in 2018 and has been active ever since. A long combined radio and X-ray monitoring campaign was performed with ATCA and Swi…
The power of the rings: the GRB 221009A soft X-ray emission from its dust-scattering halo
Andrea Tiengo, Fabio Pintore, Beatrice Vaia +11
GRB 221009A is the brightest gamma-ray burst (GRB) ever detected and occurred at low Galactic latitude. Owing to this exceptional combination, its prompt X-ray emission could be de…
Unveiling the disc structure in ultraluminous X-ray source NGC 55 ULX-1
F. Barra, C. Pinto, D. J. Walton +11
Despite two decades of studies, it is still not clear whether ULX spectral transitions are due to stochastic variability in the wind or variations in the accretion rate or in the s…