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20132023
most citedNuSTAR discovery of a 3.76-second transient magnetar near Sagittarius A*

236 citations · 942 across the 29 of their papers we have counts for

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29 papers

astro-ph.HE2023★ 2 cited

Insight-HXMT Measurements of the Diffuse X-ray Background

Rui Huang, Wei Cui, Jin-Yuan Liao +8

We present an X-ray spectrum of the diffuse X-ray background (DXRB) between 1.5 and 120 keV, as measured with the Low-Energy Detector (LE) and the High-Energy Detector (HE) aboard…

astro-ph.HE2022

Hard X-ray emission from the eastern jet of SS 433 powering the W50 `Manatee' nebula: Evidence for particle re-acceleration

Samar Safi-Harb, Brydyn Mac Intyre, Shuo Zhang +12

We present a broadband X-ray study of W50 (`the Manatee nebula'), the complex region powered by the microquasar SS 433, that provides a test-bed for several important astrophysical…

astro-ph.SR2022★ 14 cited

Ultracool dwarfs identified using spectra in LAMOST DR7

You-Fen Wang, A-Li Luo, Wen-Ping Chen +7

In this work, we identify 734 ultracool dwarfs with a spectral type of M6 or later, including one L0. Of this sample, 625 were studied spectroscopically for the first time. All of…

physics.ins-det2021

Fast X-ray spectrum and image acquisition method for the XFEL facility

Shuo Zhang, Jing-Kai Xia, Xu-Dong Ju

X-ray free electron laser (XFEL) can provide X-ray light with about four order of magnitude higher flux than synchrotron radiation. Pulse light from XFEL interacts with the target…

astro-ph.HE2021★ 11 cited

New Constraints on Cosmic Particle Populations at the Galactic Center using X-ray Observations of the Molecular Cloud Sagittarius B2

Field Rogers, Shuo Zhang, Kerstin Perez +2

The Sagittarius B2 (Sgr B2) molecular cloud complex is an X-ray reflection nebula whose total emissions have continued to decrease since 2001 as it reprocesses one or more past ene…

astro-ph.SR2021★ 6 cited

Rotational Velocities of Am and Non-CP Stars based on Kepler and LAMOST DR5

Li Qin, A-Li Luo, Wen Hou +9

Rotation is a critical physical process operating in the formation of Am stars. There is a strong correlation between low-velocity rotation and chemical peculiarity. However, the e…

astro-ph.SR2020★ 11 cited

M Subdwarf Research. II. Atmospheric Parameters and Kinematics

Shuo Zhang, A-Li Luo, Georges Comte +12

Applying the revised M subdwarf classification criteria discussed in Paper I to LAMOST DR7, combining the M subdwarf sample from Savcheva et al, a new M subdwarf sample was constru…

astro-ph.HE2020★ 21 cited

NuSTAR and Chandra Observation of the Galactic Center Non-thermal X-ray Filament G0.13-0.11: A Pulsar Wind Nebula Driven Magnetic Filament

Shuo Zhang, Zhenlin Zhu, Hui Li +7

One of the most unique phenomena in the Galactic center region is the existence of numerous long and narrow filamentary structures within a few hundred parsecs of Sgr A.…

astro-ph.SR2020★ 67 cited

SPCANet: Stellar Parameters and Chemical Abundances Network for LAMOST-II Medium Resolution Survey

Rui Wang, A-Li Luo, Jian-Jun Chen +6

The fundamental stellar atmospheric parameters T_eff and log g and 13 chemical abundances are derived for medium-resolution spectroscopy from LAMOST Medium-Resolution Survey (MRS)…

astro-ph.SR2019★ 32 cited

Metallic-Line Stars Identified from Low Resolution Spectra of LAMOST DR5

Li Qin, A-Li Luo, Wen Hou +6

LAMOST DR5 released more than 200,000 low resolution spectra of early-type stars with S/N>50. Searching for metallic-line (Am) stars in such a large database and study of their sta…

astro-ph.HE2019★ 13 cited

Investigating the origin of the faint non-thermal emission of the Arches cluster using the 2015-2016 NuSTAR and XMM-Newton X-ray observations

Ekaterina Kuznetsova, Roman Krivonos, Maïca Clavel +7

Recent NuSTAR and XMM-Newton observations of the molecular cloud around the Arches stellar cluster demonstrate a dramatic change both in morphology and intensity of its non-thermal…

astro-ph.SR2018★ 21 cited

M subdwarf research. I. Identification, modified classification system, and sample construction

Shuo Zhang, A-Li Luo, Georges Comte +7

We propose a revision of the system developed by L'epine et al. (2007) for spectroscopic M subdwarf classification. Based on an analysis of subdwarf spectra and templates from Savc…

astro-ph.HE2018★ 25 cited

A Deep Chandra View of A Candidate Parsec-Scale Jet from the Galactic Center Super-massive Black Hole

Zhenlin Zhu, Zhiyuan Li, Mark R. Morris +2

We have investigated the linear X-ray filament, G359.944-0.052, previously identified as a likely X-ray counterpart of a parsec-scale jet from the Galactic Center super-massive bla…

astro-ph.HE2018★ 17 cited

NuSTAR Detection of a Hard X-ray Source in the Supernova Remnant - Molecular Cloud Interaction Site of IC 443

Shuo Zhang, Xiaping Tang, Xiao Zhang +10

We report on a broadband study of a complex X-ray source (1SAX J0618.0+2227) associated with the interaction site of the supernova remnant (SNR) IC 443 and ambient molecular cloud…

astro-ph.HE2017★ 9 cited

NuSTAR Hard X-ray Observation of the Gamma-ray Binary Candidate HESS J1832-093

Kaya Mori, E. V. Gotthelf, Charles J. Hailey +13

We present a hard X-ray observation of the TeV gamma-ray binary candidate HESS J1832-093 coincident with supernova remnant (SNR) G22.7-0.2 using the Nuclear Spectroscopic Telescope…

astro-ph.HE2017★ 30 cited

Sagittarius A* High Energy X-ray Flare Properties During NuSTAR Monitoring of the Galactic Center from 2012 to 2015

Shuo Zhang, Frederick K. Baganoff, Gabriele Ponti +17

Understanding the origin of the flaring activity from the Galactic center supermassive black hole, Sagittarius A*, is a major scientific goal of the NuSTAR Galactic plane survey ca…

astro-ph.HE2016★ 68 cited

Evidence for intermediate polars as the origin of the Galactic Center hard X-ray emission

Charles J. Hailey, Kaya Mori, Kerstin Perez +14

Recently, unresolved hard (20-40 keV) X-ray emission has been discovered within the central 10 pc of the Galaxy, possibly indicating a large population of intermediate polars (IPs)…

astro-ph.HE2016★ 66 cited

NuSTAR Hard X-ray Survey of the Galactic Center Region II: X-ray Point Sources

JaeSub Hong, Kaya Mori, Charles J. Hailey +41

We present the first survey results of hard X-ray point sources in the Galactic Center (GC) region by NuSTAR. We have discovered 70 hard (3-79 keV) X-ray point sources in a 0.6 deg…

astro-ph.HE2016★ 11 cited

NuSTAR and XMM-Newton observations of 1E1743.1-2843: indications of a neutron star LMXB nature of the compact object

Simone Lotti, Lorenzo Natalucci, Kaya Mori +13

We report on the results of NuSTAR and XMM-Newton observations of the persistent X-ray source 1E1743.1-2843, located in the Galactic Center region. The source was observed between…

astro-ph.HE2015★ 2 cited

NuSTAR Hard X-ray Survey of the Galactic Center Region I: Hard X-ray Morphology and Spectroscopy of the Diffuse Emission

Kaya Mori, Charles J. Hailey, Roman Krivonos +35

We present the first sub-arcminute images of the Galactic Center above 10 keV, obtained with NuSTAR. NuSTAR resolves the hard X-ray source IGR J17456-2901 into non-thermal X-ray fi…

astro-ph.HE2015★ 55 cited

Hard X-ray Morphological and Spectral Studies of The Galactic Center Molecular Cloud Sgr B2: Constraining Past Sgr A* Flaring Activity

Shuo Zhang, Charles J. Hailey, Kaya Mori +15

Galactic Center (GC) molecular cloud Sgr B2 is the best manifestation of an X-ray reflection nebula (XRN) reprocessing a past giant outburst from the supermassive black hole Sgr A*…

astro-ph.HE2015★ 38 cited

Statistics of X-ray flares of Sagittarius A*: evidence for solar-like self-organized criticality phenomenon

Ya-Ping Li, Feng Yuan, Qiang Yuan +6

X-ray flares have routinely been observed from the supermassive black hole, Sagittarius A (Sgr A), at our Galactic center. The nature of these flares remains largel…

astro-ph.GA2015

A Sample of E+A Galaxy Candidates in LAMOST Data Released 2

Haifeng Yang, Ali Luo, Xiaoyan Chen +14

A sample of 70 E+A galaxies are selected from 37, 206 galaxies in the second data release (DR2) of Large Sky Area Multi-Object Fiber Spectroscopic Telescope (LAMOST) according to t…

astro-ph.HE2015★ 7 cited

A Luminous X-ray Flare From The Nucleus of The Dormant Bulgeless Spiral Galaxy NGC 247

Hua Feng, Luis C. Ho, Philip Kaaret +4

NGC 247 is a nearby late-type bulgeless spiral galaxy that contains an inactive nucleus. We report a serendipitous discovery of an X-ray flare from the galaxy center with a luminos…