X-ray polarimetry of the accreting pulsar GX 301−2

Astronomy & Astrophysics EDP Sciences 678 (2023) a119

Authors:

Valery F Suleimanov, Sofia V Forsblom, Sergey S Tsygankov, Juri Poutanen, Victor Doroshenko, Rosalia Doroshenko, Fiamma Capitanio, Alessandro Di Marco, Denis González-Caniulef, Jeremy Heyl, Fabio La Monaca, Alexander A Lutovinov, Sergey V Molkov, Christian Malacaria, Alexander A Mushtukov, Andrey E Shtykovsky, Iván Agudo, Lucio A Antonelli, Matteo Bachetti, Luca Baldini, Wayne H Baumgartner, Ronaldo Bellazzini, Stefano Bianchi, Stephen D Bongiorno, Raffaella Bonino, Alessandro Brez, Niccolò Bucciantini, Simone Castellano, Elisabetta Cavazzuti, Chien-Ting Chen, Stefano Ciprini, Enrico Costa, Alessandra De Rosa, Ettore Del Monte, Laura Di Gesu, Niccolò Di Lalla, Immacolata Donnarumma, Michal Dovčiak, Steven R Ehlert, Teruaki Enoto, Yuri Evangelista, Sergio Fabiani, Riccardo Ferrazzoli, Javier A Garcia, Shuichi Gunji, Kiyoshi Hayashida, Wataru Iwakiri, Svetlana G Jorstad, Philip Kaaret, Vladimir Karas, Fabian Kislat, Takao Kitaguchi, Jeffery J Kolodziejczak, Henric Krawczynski, Luca Latronico, Ioannis Liodakis, Simone Maldera, Alberto Manfreda, Frédéric Marin, Andrea Marinucci, Alan P Marscher, Herman L Marshall, Francesco Massaro, Giorgio Matt, Ikuyuki Mitsuishi, Tsunefumi Mizuno, Fabio Muleri, Michela Negro, Chi-Yung Ng, Stephen L O’Dell, Nicola Omodei, Chiara Oppedisano, Alessandro Papitto, George G Pavlov, Abel L Peirson, Matteo Perri, Melissa Pesce-Rollins, Pierre-Olivier Petrucci, Maura Pilia, Andrea Possenti, Simonetta Puccetti, Brian D Ramsey, John Rankin, Ajay Ratheesh, Oliver J Roberts, Roger W Romani, Carmelo Sgrò, Patrick Slane, Paolo Soffitta, Gloria Spandre, Douglas A Swartz, Toru Tamagawa, Fabrizio Tavecchio, Roberto Taverna, Yuzuru Tawara, Allyn F Tennant, Nicholas E Thomas, Francesco Tombesi, Alessio Trois, Roberto Turolla, Jacco Vink, Martin C Weisskopf, Kinwah Wu, Fei Xie, Silvia Zane

A Radio Flare in the Long-Lived Afterglow of the Distant Short GRB 210726A: Energy Injection or a Reverse Shock from Shell Collisions?

(2023)

Authors:

Genevieve Schroeder, Lauren Rhodes, Tanmoy Laskar, Anya Nugent, Alicia Rouco Escorial, Jillian C Rastinejad, Wen-fai Fong, Alexander J van der Horst, Péter Veres, Kate D Alexander, Alex Andersson, Edo Berger, Peter K Blanchard, Sarah Chastain, Lise Christensen, Rob Fender, David A Green, Paul Groot, Ian Heywood, Assaf Horesh, Luca Izzo, Charles D Kilpatrick, Elmar Körding, Amy Lien, Daniele B Malesani, Vanessa McBride, Kunal Mooley, Antonia Rowlinson, Huei Sears, Ben Stappers, Nial Tanvir, Susanna D Vergani, Ralph AMJ Wijers, David Williams-Baldwin, Patrick Woudt

Sub-second infrared variability from the archetypal accreting neutron star 4U 1728−34

Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society Oxford University Press (OUP) 525:2 (2023) 2509-2518

Authors:

FM Vincentelli, P Casella, A Borghese, Y Cavecchi, G Mastroserio, L Stella, D Altamirano, M Armas Padilla, MC Baglio, TM Belloni, J Casares, VA Cúneo, N Degenaar, M Díaz Trigo, R Fender, T Maccarone, J Malzac, D Mata Sánchez, M Middleton, S Migliari, T Muñoz-Darias, K O’Brien, G Panizo-Espinar, J Sánchez-Sierras, DM Russell, P Uttley

The accretion/ejection link in the neutron star X-ray binary 4U 1820-30 I: a boundary layer-jet coupling?

Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society Oxford University Press (OUP) 525:2 (2023) 2366-2379

Authors:

A Marino, TD Russell, M Del Santo, A Beri, A Sanna, F Coti Zelati, N Degenaar, D Altamirano, E Ambrosi, A Anitra, F Carotenuto, A D’Aì, T Di Salvo, A Manca, SE Motta, C Pinto, F Pintore, N Rea, J van den Eijnden

First Detection of X-Ray Polarization from the Accreting Neutron Star 4U 1820−303

The Astrophysical Journal Letters American Astronomical Society 953:2 (2023) L22-L22

Authors:

Alessandro Di Marco, Fabio La Monaca, Juri Poutanen, Thomas D Russell, Alessio Anitra, Ruben Farinelli, Guglielmo Mastroserio, Fabio Muleri, Fei Xie, Matteo Bachetti, Luciano Burderi, Francesco Carotenuto, Melania Del Santo, Tiziana Di Salvo, Michal Dovčiak, Andrea Gnarini, Rosario Iaria, Jari JE Kajava, Kuan Liu, Riccardo Middei, Stephen L O’Dell, Maura Pilia, John Rankin, Andrea Sanna, Jakob van den Eijnden, Sara Elisa Motta

Abstract:

Low-mass X-ray binaries hosting weakly magnetized neutron stars (NS-LMXBs) are among the brightest sources in the X-ray sky. Since 2021, the Imaging X-ray Polarimetry Explorer (IXPE) has provided new measurements of the X-ray polarization of these sources. IXPE observations have revealed that most NS-LMXBs are significantly polarized in the X-rays, providing unprecedented insight into the geometry of their accretion flow. In this review paper, we summarize the first results obtained by IXPE on NS-LMXBs, the emerging trends within each class of sources (atoll/Z), and possible physical interpretations.8 pages, 3 figures, invited review for the Special Issue X-ray Polarization: A New Era Begin