Towards precision measurements of accreting black holes using X-ray reflection spectroscopy

C Bambi, LW Brenneman, T Dauser, JA Garcia… - Space Science …, 2021 - Springer
Relativistic reflection features are commonly observed in the X-ray spectra of accreting black
holes. In the presence of high quality data and with the correct astrophysical model, X-ray …

A radio pulsar phase from SGR J1935+ 2154 provides clues to the magnetar FRB mechanism

W Zhu, H Xu, D Zhou, L Lin, B Wang, P Wang… - Science …, 2023 - science.org
The megajansky radio burst, FRB 20200428, and other bright radio bursts detected from the
Galactic source SGR J1935+ 2154 suggest that magnetars can make fast radio bursts …

HXMT identification of a non-thermal X-ray burst from SGR J1935+ 2154 and with FRB 200428

CK Li, L Lin, SL Xiong, MY Ge, XB Li, TP Li, FJ Lu… - Nature …, 2021 - nature.com
Fast radio bursts (FRBs) are short pulses observed in the radio band from cosmological
distances. One class of models invokes soft gamma-ray repeaters (SGRs), or magnetars, as …

[HTML][HTML] Review of X-ray pulsar spacecraft autonomous navigation

W Yidi, W Zheng, S Zhang, GE Minyu… - Chinese Journal of …, 2023 - Elsevier
This article provides a review on X-ray pulsar-based navigation (XNAV). The review starts
with the basic concept of XNAV, and briefly introduces the past, present and future projects …

Detection of two bright radio bursts from magnetar SGR 1935+ 2154

F Kirsten, MP Snelders, M Jenkins, K Nimmo… - Nature …, 2021 - nature.com
Fast radio bursts are millisecond-duration, bright radio signals (fluence 0.1–100 Jy ms)
emitted from extragalactic sources of unknown physical origin. The recent CHIME/FRB and …

No pulsed radio emission during a bursting phase of a Galactic magnetar

L Lin, CF Zhang, P Wang, H Gao, X Guan, JL Han… - Nature, 2020 - nature.com
Fast radio bursts (FRBs) are millisecond-duration radio transients of unknown physical
origin observed at extragalactic distances,–. It has long been speculated that magnetars are …

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

X Ma, L Tao, SN Zhang, L Zhang, QC Bu, MY Ge… - Nature …, 2021 - nature.com
Low-frequency quasiperiodic oscillations (LFQPOs) are commonly found in black hole X-ray
binaries, and their origin is still under debate. The properties of LFQPOs at high energies …

A polarimetrically oriented X-ray stare at the accreting pulsar EXO 2030+ 375

C Malacaria, J Heyl, V Doroshenko… - Astronomy & …, 2023 - aanda.org
Accreting X-ray pulsars (XRPs) are presumed to be ideal targets for polarization
measurements, as their high magnetic field strength is expected to polarize the emission up …

A Detailed View of Low-frequency Quasi-periodic Oscillation in the Broadband 0.2–200 keV with Insight-HXMT and NICER

X Ma, L Zhang, L Tao, QC Bu, JL Qu… - The Astrophysical …, 2023 - iopscience.iop.org
We report the X-ray timing results of the black hole candidate MAXI J1820+ 070 during its
2018 outburst using the Hard X-ray Modulation Telescope (Insight-HXMT) and Neutron Star …

[HTML][HTML] In-flight calibration of the Insight-Hard X-ray Modulation Telescope

X Li, X Li, Y Tan, Y Yang, M Ge, J Zhang, Y Tuo… - Journal of High Energy …, 2020 - Elsevier
We present the calibration of the Insight-Hard X-ray Modulation Telescope (Insight-HXMT) X-
ray satellite, which can be used to perform timing and spectral studies of bright X-ray …