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most citedSuzaku view of Be/X-ray binary pulsar GX 304-1 during Type I X-ray outbursts

47 citations · 164 across the 13 of their papers we have counts for

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astro-ph.HE2025

Insight-HXMT Spectral and Timing Studies of a Giant Outburst in RX J0440.9+4431

Prahlad R. Epili, Wei Wang

The Be/X-ray binary pulsar RX J0440.9+4431 underwent a giant outburst in late 2022 and lasted three months. The Insight-HXMT has observed this source at several instances of the en…

astro-ph.HE2024

AstroSat and Insight-HXMT observations of the long-period X-ray pulsar 4U 2206+54

Prahlad R. Epili, Wei Wang

We report the timing and spectral studies of the accreting X-ray pulsar 4U 2206+54 using astrosat and hxmt observations taken in 2016 and 2020 respectively. X-ray pulsations from t…

astro-ph.HE2024

Evidence for a cyclotron absorption line and spectral transition in EXO 2030+375 during 2021 giant outburst

Wen Yang, Wei Wang, Prahlad R. Epili

Based on HXMT observations of EXO 2030+375 during its 2021 giant outburst, we report the analysis of pulse variations and the broadband X-ray spectrum, and find the presence of a p…

astro-ph.HE2021★ 9 cited

Timing and spectral variability of high mass X-ray pulsar GX 301--2 over orbital phases observed by Insight-HXMT

Y. Z. Ding, W. Wang, P. R. Epili +7

We report the orbital X-ray variability of high mass X-ray binary (HMXB) GX301--2. GX301--2 undergone a spin up process in 2018--2020 with the period evolving from 685 s to…

astro-ph.HE2021★ 1 cited

Accretion Torque Reversals in GRO J1008-57 Revealed by Insight-HXMT

W. Wang, Y. M. Tang, Y. L. Tuo +92

GRO J1008-57, as a Be/X-ray transient pulsar, is considered to have the highest magnetic field in known neutron star X-ray binary systems. Observational data of the X-ray outbursts…

astro-ph.HE2021★ 4 cited

AstroSat observations of eclipsing high mass X-ray binary pulsar OAO 1657-415

Gaurava K. Jaisawal, Sachindra Naik, Prahlad R. Epili +3

We present the results obtained from analysis of two AstroSat observations of the high mass X-ray binary pulsar OAO 1657-415. The observations covered 0.681-0.818 and 0.808-0.968 p…

astro-ph.HE2020★ 6 cited

Detection of X-ray pulsations at the lowest observed luminosity of Be/X-ray binary pulsar EXO 2030+375 with AstroSat

Gaurava K. Jaisawal, Sachindra Naik, Shivangi Gupta +4

We present the results obtained from timing and spectral studies of Be/X-ray binary pulsar EXO 2030+375 using observations with the Large Area Xenon Proportional Counters and Soft…

astro-ph.HE2020★ 24 cited

Revisiting the spectral and timing properties of 4U 1909+07 with NuSTAR and Astrosat

Gaurava K. Jaisawal, Sachindra Naik, Wynn C. G. Ho +3

We present the results obtained from the analysis of high mass X-ray binary pulsar 4U 1909+07 using NuSTAR and Astrosat observations in 2015 and 2017 July, respectively. X-ray puls…

astro-ph.HE2018★ 17 cited

Spectral and timing studies of 2S 1417-624 during a giant outburst

Shivangi Gupta, Sachindra Naik, Gaurava K. Jaisawal +1

We present the results obtained from timing and spectral studies of the accretion powered X-ray pulsar 2S~1417-624 during a giant outburst in 2009 by using {\it Rossi X-ray Timing…

astro-ph.HE2018★ 5 cited

A curious case of the accretion-powered X-ray pulsar GX 1+4

Gaurava K. Jaisawal, Sachindra Naik, Shivangi Gupta +2

We present detailed spectral and timing studies using a NuSTAR observation of GX 1+4 in October 2015 during an intermediate intensity state. The measured spin period of 176.778 s i…

astro-ph.HE2017★ 44 cited

Decade long RXTE monitoring observations of Be/X-ray binary pulsar EXO 2030+375

Prahlad Epili, Sachindra Naik, Gaurava K. Jaisawal +1

We present a comprehensive timing and spectral studies of Be/X-ray binary pulsar EXO 2030+375 using extensive Rossi X-ray Timing Explorer observations from 1995 till 2011, covering…

astro-ph.SR2016★ 7 cited

Broad-band spectroscopy of the transient X-ray binary pulsar KS 1947+300 during 2013 giant outburst: Detection of pulsating soft X-ray excess component

Prahlad Epili, Sachindra Naik, Gaurava K. Jaisawal

We present the results obtained from detailed timing and spectral studies of the Be/X-ray binary pulsar KS 1947+300 during its 2013 giant outburst. We used data from Suzaku observa…

astro-ph.SR2016★ 47 cited

Suzaku view of Be/X-ray binary pulsar GX 304-1 during Type I X-ray outbursts

Gaurava K. Jaisawal, Sachindra Naik, Prahlad Epili

We report the timing and spectral properties of Be/X-ray binary pulsar GX 304-1 by using two Suzaku observations during its 2010 August and 2012 January X-ray outbursts. Pulsations…