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most citedDiscovery of oscillations above 200 keV in a black hole X-ray binary with Insight-HXMT

129 citations · 197 across the 13 of their papers we have counts for

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astro-ph.IM2026

Design and preliminary performance study of the broad-band spectrometer detector for POLAR-2

Jian-Chao Sun, Jiang He, Shuang-Nan Zhang +46

POLAR-2, the successor of the POLAR experiment aboard China's Tiangong-2 space lab, is set to be deployed on the China Space Station. The POLAR-2 mission aims to conducting high-pr…

astro-ph.HE2026

GECAM discovery of a peculiar magnetar X-ray burst (MXB 221120) from SGR J1935+2154 associated with a fast radio burst

Wen-Jun Tan, Yue Wang, Chen-Wei Wang +50

Fast radio bursts (FRBs) are enigmatic cosmic transients of millisecond duration observed in the radio band. The identification of FRB-associated magnetar X-ray bursts (MXBs) from…

astro-ph.HE2025

GRB 240715A: Revealing Novel Intrinsic Mechanism by Different Individual Pulse

Wen-Jun Tan, Chen-Wei Wang, Shao-Lin Xiong +37

The Space-based multiband astronomical Variable Objects Monitor (SVOM), detected its first short gamma-ray burst, GRB 240715A, in-flight, which was jointly observed by Fermi. Based…

astro-ph.HE2025

Search for Type IL Gamma-ray Bursts: Criterion, Results, Verification and Physical Implication

Wen-Jun Tan, Chen-Wei Wang, Peng Zhang +11

As an interesting subclass of gamma-ray burst (GRB), Type IL GRB (such as GRB 211211A and GRB 230307A) features a long-duration prompt emission but originating from compact binary…

astro-ph.HE2025

Evolution of the Three Spectral Components in the Prompt Emission of GRB 240825A

Chen-Wei Wang, Wen-Jun Tan, Shao-Lin Xiong +17

The prompt emission of Gamma-Ray Bursts (GRBs) could be composed of different spectral components, such as a dominant non-thermal Band component in the keV-MeV range, a subdominant…

astro-ph.HE2022★ 10 cited

An Insight-HXMT view of the mHz quasi-regular modulation phenomenon in the black hole X-ray binary 4U 1630-47

Zi-Xu Yang, Liang Zhang, Yue Huang +97

Here we report the spectral-timing results of the black hole X-ray binary 4U 1630-47 during its 2021 outburst using observations from the Hard X-ray Modulation Telescope. Type-C qu…

astro-ph.HE2022★ 11 cited

Gamma-Ray Polarimetry of the Crab Pulsar Observed by POLAR

Han-Cheng Li, Nicolas Produit, Shuang-Nan Zhang +15

The X/ ray polarimetry of the Crab pulsar/nebula is believed to hold crucial information on their emission models. In the past, several missions have shown evidence of polarized…

astro-ph.HE2021

Polarization measurements of the Crab Pulsar with POLAR

Hancheng Li, POLAR Collaboration

POLAR is a dedicated Gamma-Ray Burst polarimeter making use of Compton-scattering which took data from the second Chinese spacelab, the Tiangong-2 from September 2016 to April 2017…

astro-ph.HE2020★ 18 cited

Timing analysis of the black hole candidate EXO 1846-031 with Insight-HXMT monitoring

He-Xin Liu, Yue Huang, Guang-Cheng Xiao +118

We present the observational results from a detailed timing analysis of the black hole candidate EXO 1846-031 during its outburst in 2019 with the observations of Insight-HXMT, NIC…

astro-ph.HE2020★ 129 cited

Discovery of oscillations above 200 keV in a black hole X-ray binary with Insight-HXMT

Xiang Ma, Lian Tao, Shuang-Nan Zhang +119

Low-frequency quasi-periodic oscillations (LFQPOs) are commonly found in black hole X-ray binaries, and their origin is still under debate. The properties of LFQPOs at high energie…

astro-ph.IM2019

Studies on the time response distribution of Insigh}-HXMT/LE

Xiao-Fan Zhao, Yu-Xuan Zhu, Da-Wei Han +105

The Hard X-ray Modulation Telescope (HXMT) named Insight is China's first X-ray astronomical satellite. The Low Energy X-ray Telescope (LE) is one of its main payloads onboard. The…

astro-ph.IM2017

Gain factor and parameter settings optimization of the new gamma-ray burst polarimeter POLAR

X. F. Zhang, W. Hajdas, H. L. Xiao +38

As a space-borne detector POLAR is designed to conduct hard X-ray polarization measurements of gamma-ray bursts on the statistically significant sample of events and with an unprec…

astro-ph.IM2009★ 29 cited

SVOM: a new mission for Gamma-Ray Burst Studies

D. Gotz, J. Paul, S. Basa +14

We present the SVOM (Space-based multi-band astronomical Variable Object Monitor) mission, that is being developed in cooperation between the Chinese National Space Agency (CNSA),…