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most citedNuSTAR view of the Z-type neutron star low-mass X-ray binary Cygnus~X--2

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19 papers

astro-ph.HE2026

The first comprehensive spectral and timing study of the ultra-compact X-ray binary 4U 1812-12 with NICER and NuSTAR

Swarnendu Jana, Aditya S. Mondal, Aru Beri +1

The source 4U 1812-12 is a persistent, weakly variable low-mass X-ray binary containing a neutron star. The source was observed by NICER between 2019 and 2021 and, more recently, b…

gr-qc2026

On the effect of gravitational repulsion on geodesic deviation in the Schwarzschild-de Sitter spacetime

Rohit Ghosh, Biplab Raychaudhuri, Aditya S. Mondal +1

Here we discuss the effect of gravitational repulsion on geodesic deviation in the Schwarzschild-de Sitter spacetime. In particular, the geodesic deviation shows different behaviou…

astro-ph.HE2026

On the assessment of the disk truncation and detection of type-II bursts from the accreting millisecond X-ray Pulsar IGR J17062-6143

Aditya Sow Mondal, Mahasweta Bhattacharya, Swarnendu Jana +2

We present a spectral analysis of the NuSTAR and NICER observations of the accreting millisecond X-ray pulsar IGR J17062-6143, performed in 2022. The source remained in the hard sp…

astro-ph.HE2026

Probing the accretion geometry of the transient accreting millisecond pulsar SAX J1808.4-3658: transitions to the propeller regime

Mahasweta Bhattacharya, Aditya S. Mondal, Gulab C. Dewangan

We analyze three NuSTAR observations and two NICER observations of the transient accreting millisecond pulsar SAX J1808.4-3658 in the hard spectral state during its most recent out…

astro-ph.HE2025

Exploring the spectral characteristics of the periodic burster 4U 1323-62: Type-I X-ray burst and persistent emission

Mahasweta Bhattacharya, Aditya S. Mondal, Biplab Raychaudhuri +1

We report on the results obtained by the analysis of persistent and type-I thermonuclear X-ray burst emission observed from the periodic burster 4U 1323-62. These analyses are base…

astro-ph.HE2025

NuSTAR discovers a long type-I X-ray burst from the clocked burster GS 1826-24

Aditya S. Mondal, Mayukh Pahari, Gulab C. Dewangan

The source GS~1826-24 is a neutron star low mass X-ray binary known as the 'clocked burster' because of its extremely regular bursting behavior. We report on the detection of a lon…

astro-ph.HE2024

Relativistic X-ray reflection from the accreting millisecond X-ray pulsar IGR J17498-2921

Mahasweta Bhattacharya, Aditya S. Mondal, Mayukh Pahari +3

The accreting millisecond X-ray pulsar IGR J17498-2921 went into X-ray outburst on April 13-15, 2023, for the first time since its discovery on August 11, 2011. Here, we report on…

astro-ph.HE2024

NuSTAR view of the X-ray transients Swift J174805.3-244637 and IGR J17511-3057

Aditya S. Mondal, Mahasweta Bhattacharya, Mayukh Pahari +3

We report on the NuSTAR observations of the neutron star low-mass X-ray binary Swift J174805.3-244637 (hereafter Swift~J17480) and the accreting millisecond X-ray pulsar IGR~J17511…

astro-ph.HE2023

Relativistic X-ray reflection and highly ionized absorption in the spectrum of NS LMXB 1A 1744-361

Aditya S. Mondal, B. Raychaudhuri, G. C. Dewangan

We present the results from the spectral and timing analysis of the accreting neutron star 1A~1744-361 from the \nustar{} observation performed in its 2022 outbursts. The unabsorbe…

astro-ph.HE2023

The complex spectral behavior of the newly discovered neutron star X-ray binary Swift J1858.6-0814

Aditya S. Mondal, B. Raychaudhuri, Gulab C Dewangan

We report on the \nustar{} observation of the newly discovered neutron star X-ray binary Swift~J1858.6-0814 taken on 23rd March 2019. The light curve of the source exhibits several…

astro-ph.HE2022★ 6 cited

Evidence of hard power-law spectral cutoff and disc reflection features from the X-ray transient XTE J1739-285

Aditya S. Mondal, B. Raychaudhuri, G. C. Dewangan +1

We report on the nearly simultaneous \nicer{} and \nustar{} observations of the known X-ray transient XTE~J1739-285. These observations provide the first sensitive hard X-ray spect…

astro-ph.HE2022

NuSTAR and AstroSat observations of thermonuclear X-ray bursts with short-recurrence times in 4U 1636536

Pinaki Roy, Aru Beri, Aditya S. Mondal

We report results from the spectro-timing analysis of the atoll source 4U 1636536 observed with NuSTAR and AstroSat during its hard spectral state. In three observations of 207…

astro-ph.HE2020★ 8 cited

Evidence of disc reflection in the X-ray spectrum of the neutron star low mass X-ray binary 4U 1636-536

Aditya S. Mondal, B. Raychaudhuri, G. C. Dewangan

We present a broadband spectral analysis of the atoll source 4U~1636-536 observed for ks with \nustar{}. The source was found to be in a low-luminosity state during this o…

astro-ph.HE2019★ 20 cited

On the disc reflection spectroscopy of NS LMXB Serpens~X-1: analysis of a recent NuSTAR observation

Aditya S. Mondal, Gulab C. Dewangan, B. Raychaudhuri

We present \nustar{} observation of the atoll type neutron star (NS) low-mass X-ray binary (LMXB) Serpens~X-1 (Ser~X-1) performed on 17 February 2018. We observed Ser~X-1 in a soft…

astro-ph.HE2019★ 13 cited

Study of the reflection spectrum of the bright atoll source GX 3+1 with NuSTAR

Aditya S. Mondal, G. C. Dewangan, B. Raychaudhuri

We report on the \nustar{} observation of the atoll type neutron star (NS) low-mass X-ray binary GX~3+1 performed on 17 October 2017. The source was found in a soft X-ray spectral…

astro-ph.HE2017★ 27 cited

NuSTAR view of the Z-type neutron star low-mass X-ray binary Cygnus~X--2

Aditya S. Mondal, Gulab C. Dewangan, Mayukh Pahari +1

We report on the \nustar{} observation of the Z-type neutron star low-mass X-ray binary Cygnus X--2 performed on 7 January 2015. During this observation, the source exhibited sudde…

astro-ph.HE2016★ 12 cited

Broadband X-ray emission and the reality of the broad iron line from the Neutron Star - White Dwarf X-ray binary 4U 1820-30

Aditya S. Mondal, Gulab C. Dewangan, Mayukh Pahari +3

Broad relativistic iron lines from neutron star X-ray binaries are important probes of the inner accretion disk. The X-ray reflection features can be weakened due to strong magneti…

astro-ph.HE2016

NuSTAR and Swift joint view of neutron star X-ray binary 4U~1728--34 : Disc reflection in the island and lower banana states

Aditya Sow Mondal, Mayukh Pahari, Gulab C. Dewangan +2

We analyze two simultaneous \nustar{} and \swift{} data of the Atoll type neutron star (NS) X-ray binary 4U~1728--34 observed on 1 and 3 October, 2013. Based on power density spect…

astro-ph.HE2015★ 1 cited

XMM-Newton view of a hard X-ray transient IGR J17497-2821

Md. Shah Alam, Dipanjan Mukherjee, Aditya S. Mondal +3

We present spectral and energy dependent timing characteristics of the hard X-ray transient IGR J17497-2821 based on XMM-Newton observations performed five and nine days after its…