Search Results - "Forsblom, Sofia V."
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X-ray Polarimetry of X-ray Pulsars
Published in Galaxies (01-08-2024)“…Radiation from X-ray pulsars (XRPs) was expected to be strongly linearly polarized owing to a large difference in their ordinary and extraordinary mode…”
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Complex rotational dynamics of the neutron star in Hercules X-1 revealed by X-ray polarization
Published in Nature astronomy (01-08-2024)“…In an accreting X-ray pulsar, a neutron star accretes matter from a companion star through an accretion disk. The magnetic field of the rotating neutron star…”
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Cygnus X-3 revealed as a Galactic ultraluminous X-ray source by IXPE
Published in Nature astronomy (01-08-2024)“…The accretion of matter by compact objects can be inhibited by radiation pressure if the luminosity exceeds a critical value known as the Eddington limit. The…”
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X-ray Polarimetry of X-ray Pulsars
Published 08-08-2024“…Galaxies, 12 (2024) 46 Radiation from X-ray pulsars (XRPs) was expected to be strongly linearly polarized owing to a large difference in their ordinary and…”
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New polarimetric study of the galactic X-ray burster GX 13+1
Published 23-08-2024“…A&A 688, A217 (2024) Weakly magnetized neutron stars (WMNS) are complicated sources with challenging phenomenology. For decades, they have been studied via…”
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Ultrasoft state of microquasar Cygnus X-3: X-ray polarimetry reveals the geometry of astronomical puzzle
Published 02-07-2024“…A&A 688, L27 (2024) Cygnus X-3 is an enigmatic X-ray binary, that is both an exceptional accreting system and a cornerstone for the population synthesis…”
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Studying geometry of the ultraluminous X-ray pulsar Swift J0243.6+6124 using X-ray and optical polarimetry
Published 07-11-2024“…A&A 691, A123 (2024) Discovery of pulsations from a number of ULXs proved that accretion onto neutron stars can produce luminosities exceeding the Eddington…”
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Discovery of a strong rotation of the X-ray polarization angle in the galactic burster GX 13+1
Published 20-08-2024“…A&A 688, A170 (2024) Weakly magnetized neutron stars in X-ray binaries show complex phenomenology with several spectral components that can be associated with…”
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Probing the polarized emission from SMC X-1: the brightest X-ray pulsar observed by IXPE
Published 13-06-2024“…Recent observations of X-ray pulsars (XRPs) performed by the Imaging X-ray Polarimetry Explorer (IXPE) have made it possible to investigate the intricate…”
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X-ray Polarization Reveals the Precessions of the Neutron Star in Hercules X-1
Published 06-11-2023“…In an accreting X-ray pulsar, a neutron star accretes matter from a stellar companion through an accretion disk. The high magnetic field of the rotating…”
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X-ray polarimetry of the accreting pulsar GX 301-2
Published 04-09-2023“…A&A 678, A119 (2023) The phase- and energy-resolved polarization measurements of accreting X-ray pulsars (XRPs) allow us to test different theoretical models…”
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Complex variations of X-ray polarization in the X-ray pulsar LS V +44 17/RX J0440.9+4431
Published 09-08-2023“…A&A 677, A57 (2023) We report on Imaging X-ray polarimetry explorer (IXPE) observations of the Be-transient X-ray pulsar LS V +44 17/RX J0440.9+4431 made at…”
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A polarimetrically oriented X-ray stare at the accreting pulsar EXO 2030+375
Published 25-05-2023“…Accreting X-ray pulsars (XRPs) are presumably ideal targets for polarization measurements, as their high magnetic field strength is expected to polarize the…”
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IXPE observations of the quintessential wind-accreting X-ray pulsar Vela X-1
Published 03-03-2023“…The radiation from accreting X-ray pulsars was expected to be highly polarized, with some estimates for the polarization degree of up to 80%. However,…”
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The X-ray polarimetry view of the accreting pulsar Cen X-3
Published 06-09-2022“…Cen X-3 is the first X-ray pulsar discovered 50 years ago. Radiation from such objects is expected to be highly polarized due to birefringence of plasma and…”
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