Studying the link between radio galaxies and AGN fuelling with relativistic hydrodynamic simulations of flickering jets
ArXiv 2305.19328 (2023)
Studying the link between radio galaxies and AGN fuelling with relativistic hydrodynamic simulations of flickering jets
Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society Oxford University Press (OUP) 523:2 (2023) 2478-2497
X-ray pulsar GRO J1008−57 as an orthogonal rotator
Astronomy & Astrophysics EDP Sciences 675 (2023) A48-A48
Abstract:
X-ray polarimetry is a unique way to probe geometrical configuration of highly-magnetized accreting neutron stars (X-ray pulsars). GRO J1008$-$57 is the first transient X-ray pulsar observed at two different flux levels by the Imaging X-ray Polarimetry Explorer (IXPE) during its outburst in November 2022. The polarization properties were found to be independent of the source luminosity, with the polarization degree varying between non-detection to about 15% over the pulse phase. Fitting the phase-resolved spectro-polarimetric data with the rotating vector model allowed us to estimate the pulsar inclination (130 deg, which is in good agreement with the orbital inclination), the position angle (75 deg) of the pulsar spin axis, and the magnetic obliquity (74 deg). This makes GRO J1008$-$57 the first confidently identified X-ray pulsar as a nearly orthogonal rotator. The results are discussed in the context of the neutron star atmosphere models and theories of pulsars' axis alignment.Comment: 11 pages, 7 figures, submitted to A&A. arXiv admin note: text overlap with arXiv:2209.0244A polarimetrically oriented X-ray stare at the accreting pulsar EXO 2030+375
Astronomy & Astrophysics EDP Sciences 675 (2023) A29-A29
Abstract:
Accreting X-ray pulsars (XRPs) are presumably ideal targets for polarization measurements, as their high magnetic field strength is expected to polarize the emission up to a polarization degree of ~80%. However, such expectations are being challenged by recent observations of XRPs with the Imaging X-ray Polarimeter Explorer (IXPE). Here we report on the results of yet another XRP, EXO 2030+375, observed with IXPE and contemporarily monitored with Insight-HXMT and SRG/ART-XC. In line with recent results obtained with IXPE for similar sources, analysis of the EXO 2030+375 data returns a low polarization degree of 0%-3% in the phase-averaged study and variation in the range 2%-7% in the phase-resolved study. Using the rotating vector model we constrain the geometry of the system and obtain a value for the magnetic obliquity of ~$60^{\circ}$. Considering also the estimated pulsar inclination of ~$130^{\circ}$, this indicates that the magnetic axis swings close to the observer line of sight. Our joint polarimetric, spectral and timing analysis hint to a complex accreting geometry where magnetic multipoles with asymmetric topology and gravitational light bending significantly affect the observed source behavior.Comment: A&A accepted. Proofs versioConstraining the cosmic-ray pressure in the inner Virgo Cluster using H.E.S.S. observations of M 87
Astronomy & Astrophysics EDP Sciences 675 (2023) A138-A138