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NuSTAR low energy effective area correction due to thermal blanket tear
Kristin K. Madsen, Brian W. Grefenstette, Sean Pike +4
A rip in the MLI at the exit aperture of OMA, the NuSTAR optic aligned with detector focal plane module FPMA, has resulted in an increased photon flux through OMA that has manifest…
Swift monitoring of M51: A 38-day super-orbital period for the pulsar ULX7 and a new transient ULX
Murray Brightman, Hannah Earnshaw, Felix Fürst +6
We present the results from a monitoring campaign made with the Neil Gehrels Swift Observatory of the M51 galaxies, which contain several variable ultraluminous X-ray sources (ULXs…
A broadband look at the old and new ULXs of NGC 6946
Hannah P. Earnshaw, Brian W. Grefenstette, Murray Brightman +8
Two recent observations of the nearby galaxy NGC 6946 with NuSTAR, one simultaneous with an XMM-Newton observation, provide an opportunity to examine its population of bright accre…
Observing the transient pulsations of SMC X-1 with NuSTAR
Sean N. Pike, Fiona A. Harrison, Matteo Bachetti +6
We report on NuSTAR observations of transient pulsations in the neutron star X-ray binary SMC X-1. The transition from non-pulsing to pulsing states was not accompanied by a large…
Swift and NuSTAR observations of GW170817: detection of a blue kilonova
P. A. Evans, S. B. Cenko, J. A. Kennea +56
With the first direct detection of merging black holes in 2015, the era of gravitational wave (GW) astrophysics began. A complete picture of compact object mergers, however, requir…