6 papers
Peering through the dip: IXPE unveils the extended scattering environment of GX 13+1
Alessandro Di Marco, Fabio La Monaca, Luigi Stella +17
Neutron star low-mass X-ray binaries feature complex accretion geometries, often including an accretion disk corona or disk winds. Here, a study of the highly inclined dipping sour…
Optical polarimetry of the accreting black hole X-ray binary Swift J1727.81613 over the state transition and radio ejections
Anagha P. Nitindala, Alexandra Veledina, Vadim Kravtsov +7
We present the first optical () polarimetric observations of Swift J1727.81613 during its 2023--2024 outburst. Observations were performed during the X-ray hard-to-soft sta…
Variability of X-ray polarization of Cyg X-1
Vadim Kravtsov, Anastasiia Bocharova, Alexandra Veledina +31
We present the results of a three-year X-ray, optical, and radio polarimetric monitoring campaign of the prototypical black hole X-ray binary Cyg X-1, conducted from 2022 to 2024.…
X-ray polarization from accretion disk winds
Anagha P. Nitindala, Alexandra Veledina, Juri Poutanen
X-ray polarimetry is a fine tool to probe the accretion geometry and physical processes operating in the proximity of compact objects, black holes and neutron stars. Recent discove…
Discovery of a strong rotation of the X-ray polarization angle in the galactic burster GX 13+1
Anna Bobrikova, Sofia V. Forsblom, Alessandro Di Marco +106
Weakly magnetized neutron stars in X-ray binaries show complex phenomenology with several spectral components that can be associated with the accretion disk, boundary and/or spread…
X-ray and multiwavelength polarization of Mrk 501 from 2022 to 2023
Chien-Ting J. Chen, Ioannis Liodakis, Riccardo Middei +143
We present multiwavelength polarization measurements of the luminous blazar Mrk~501 over a 14-month period. The 2--8 keV X-ray polarization was measured with the Imaging X-ray Pola…