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astro-ph.HE2021★ 1 cited

Spectral and Timing Analysis of NuSTAR and Swift/XRT Observations of the X-Ray Transient MAXI J0637-430

Hadar Lazar, John A. Tomsick, Sean N. Pike +10

We present results for the first observed outburst from the transient X-ray binary source MAXI J0637-430. This study is based on eight observations from the Nuclear Spectroscopic T…

astro-ph.HE2021★ 32 cited

The nature of the extreme X-ray variability in the NLS1 1H 0707-495

M. L. Parker, W. N. Alston, L. Härer +11

We examine archival XMM-Newton data on the extremely variable narrow-line Seyfert 1 (NLS1) active galactic nucleus (AGN) 1H 0707-495. We construct fractional excess variance (Fvar)…

astro-ph.HE2021

Photospheric Radius Expansion and a double-peaked type-I X-ray burst from GRS 1741.9-2853

Sean N. Pike, Fiona A. Harrison, John A. Tomsick +6

We present analysis of two type-I X-ray bursts observed by NuSTAR originating from the very faint transient neutron star low-mass X-ray binary GRS 1741.9-2853 during a period of ou…

astro-ph.HE2021★ 38 cited

NICER uncovers the transient nature of the type-B quasi-periodic oscillation in the black hole candidate MAXI J1348-630

L. Zhang, D. Altamirano, P. Uttley +13

We present a systematic spectral-timing analysis of a fast appearance/disappearance of a type-B quasi-periodic oscillation (QPO), observed in four NICER observations of MAXI J1348-…

astro-ph.IM2021★ 223 cited

An Empirical Background Model for the NICER X-ray Timing Instrument

Ronald A. Remillard, Michael Loewenstein, James F. Steiner +11

NICER has a comparatively low background rate, but it is highly variable, and its spectrum must be predicted using measurements unaffected by the science target. We describe an emp…

astro-ph.HE2021★ 23 cited

Dips and eclipses in the X-ray binary Swift J1858.6-0814 observed with NICER

D. J. K. Buisson, D. Altamirano, M. Armas Padilla +24

We present the discovery of eclipses in the X-ray light curves of the X-ray binary Swift J1858.6-0814. From these, we find an orbital period of s ($\appro…

astro-ph.HE2021★ 96 cited

Disk, Corona, Jet Connection in the Intermediate State of MAXI J1820+070 Revealed by NICER Spectral-Timing Analysis

Jingyi Wang, Guglielmo Mastroserio, Erin Kara +14

We analyze 5 epochs of NICER data of the black hole X-ray binary MAXI J1820+070 during the bright hard-to-soft state transition in its 2018 outburst with both reflection spectrosco…

astro-ph.HE2021★ 25 cited

Modelling the Multiwavelength Variability of Mrk 335 using Gaussian Processes

Ryan-Rhys Griffiths, Jiachen Jiang, Douglas J. K. Buisson +12

The optical and UV variability of the majority of AGN may be related to the reprocessing of rapidly-changing X-ray emission from a more compact region near the central black hole.…