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Spectral and Timing Analysis of NuSTAR and Swift/XRT Observations of the X-Ray Transient MAXI J0637–430 by Lazar, Hadar, Tomsick, John A., Pike, Sean N., Bachetti, Matteo, Buisson, Douglas J. K., Connors, Riley M. T., Fabian, Andrew C., Fuerst, Felix, García, Javier A., Hare, Jeremy, Jiang, Jiachen, Shaw, Aarran W., Walton, Dominic J.

“…Abstract We present results for the first observed outburst from the transient X-ray binary source MAXI J0637–430. This study is based on eight observations…”
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Return to the Forgotten Ultraluminous X-Ray Source: A Broadband NICER+NuSTAR Study of NGC 4190 ULX-1 by Earnshaw, Hannah P., Bachetti, Matteo, Brightman, Murray, Fürst, Felix, Harrison, Fiona A., Middleton, Matthew, Ludlam, Renee, Pike, Sean N., Stern, Daniel, Walton, Dominic J.

“…We observed the nearby and relatively understudied ultraluminous X-ray source (ULX) NGC 4190 ULX-1 jointly with Neutron Star Interior Composition Explorer…”
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Accretion Spin-up and a Strong Magnetic Field in the Slow-spinning Be X-Ray Binary MAXI J0655-013 by Pike, Sean N., Sugizaki, Mutsumi, Eijnden, Jakob van den, Coughenour, Benjamin, Jaodand, Amruta D., Mihara, Tatehiro, Motta, Sara E., Negoro, Hitoshi, Shaw, Aarran W., Shidatsu, Megumi, Tomsick, John A.

“…Abstract We present Monitor of All-sky X-ray Image (MAXI) and Nuclear Spectroscopic Telescope Array (NuSTAR) observations of the Be X-ray binary, MAXI…”
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MAXI and NuSTAR Observations of the Faint X-Ray Transient MAXI J1848-015 in the GLIMPSE-C01 Cluster by Pike, Sean N., Negoro, Hitoshi, Tomsick, John A., Bachetti, Matteo, Brumback, McKinley, Connors, Riley M. T., García, Javier A., Grefenstette, Brian, Hare, Jeremy, Harrison, Fiona A., Jaodand, Amruta, Ludlam, R. M., Mastroserio, Guglielmo, Mihara, Tatehiro, Shidatsu, Megumi, Sugizaki, Mutsumi, Takagi, Ryohei

“…Abstract We present the results of Monitor of All-sky X-ray Image (MAXI) monitoring and two Nuclear Spectroscopic Telescope Array (NuSTAR) observations of the…”
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Orbital Decay in M82 X-2 by Bachetti, Matteo, Heida, Marianne, Maccarone, Thomas, Huppenkothen, Daniela, Israel, Gian Luca, Barret, Didier, Brightman, Murray, Brumback, McKinley, Earnshaw, Hannah P., Forster, Karl, Fürst, Felix, Grefenstette, Brian W., Harrison, Fiona A., Jaodand, Amruta D., Madsen, Kristin K., Middleton, Matthew, Pike, Sean N., Pilia, Maura, Poutanen, Juri, Stern, Daniel, Tomsick, John A., Walton, Dominic J., Webb, Natalie, Wilms, Jörn

“…Abstract M82 X-2 is the first pulsating ultraluminous X-ray source discovered. The luminosity of these extreme pulsars, if isotropic, implies an extreme mass…”
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X-Ray and Radio Monitoring of the Neutron Star Low-mass X-Ray Binary 1A 1744-361: Quasiperiodic Oscillations, Transient Ejections, and a Disk Atmosphere by Ng, Mason, Hughes, Andrew K., Homan, Jeroen, Miller, Jon M., Pike, Sean N., Altamirano, Diego, Bult, Peter, Chakrabarty, Deepto, Buisson, D. J. K., Coughenour, Benjamin M., Fender, Rob, Guillot, Sebastien, Güver, Tolga, Jaisawal, Gaurava K., Jaodand, Amruta D., Malacaria, Christian, Miller-Jones, James C. A., Sanna, Andrea, Sivakoff, Gregory R., Strohmayer, Tod E., Tomsick, John A., van den Eijnden, Jakob

“…Abstract We report on X-ray (NICER/NuSTAR/MAXI/Swift) and radio (MeerKAT) timing and spectroscopic analysis from a 3 month monitoring campaign in 2022 of a…”
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A Comprehensive X-Ray Report on AT2019wey by Yao, Yuhan, Kulkarni, S. R., Gendreau, K. C., Jaisawal, Gaurava K., Enoto, Teruaki, Grefenstette, Brian W., Marshall, Herman L., García, Javier A., Ludlam, R. M., Pike, Sean N., Ng, Mason, Zhang, Liang, Altamirano, Diego, Jaodand, Amruta, Cenko, S. Bradley, Remillard, Ronald A., Steiner, James F., Negoro, Hitoshi, Brightman, Murray, Lien, Amy, Wolff, Michael T., Ray, Paul S., Mukai, Koji, Wadiasingh, Zorawar, Arzoumanian, Zaven, Kawai, Nobuyki, Mihara, Tatehiro, Strohmayer, Tod E.

“…The Galactic low-mass X-ray binary AT2019wey (ATLAS19bcxp, SRGAJ043520.9+552226, SRGEJ043523.3+552234, ZTF19acwrvzk) was discovered as a new optical transient…”
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Analytical fitting of γ–ray photopeaks in germanium cross strip detectors by Boggs, Steven E., Pike, Sean N.

“…In an ideal germanium detector, fully-absorbed monoenergetic γ –rays will appear in the measured spectrum as a narrow peak, broadened into a Gaussian of width…”
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Photospheric Radius Expansion and a Double-peaked Type-I X-Ray Burst from GRS 1741.9–2853 by Pike, Sean N., Harrison, Fiona A., Tomsick, John A., Bachetti, Matteo, Buisson, Douglas J. K., García, Javier A., Jiang, Jiachen, Ludlam, R. M., Madsen, Kristin K.

“…We present an analysis of two type-I X-ray bursts observed by NuSTAR originating from the very faint transient neutron star (NS) low-mass X-ray binary GRS…”
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A Broadband Look at the Old and New ULXs of NGC 6946 by Earnshaw, Hannah P., Grefenstette, Brian W., Brightman, Murray, Walton, Dominic J., Barret, Didier, Fürst, Felix, Harrison, Fiona A., Heida, Marianne, Pike, Sean N., Stern, Daniel, Webb, Natalie A.

“…Two recent observations of the nearby galaxy NGC 6946 with NuSTAR, one simultaneous with an XMM-Newton observation, provide an opportunity to examine its…”
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Observing the Transient Pulsations of SMC X-1 with NuSTAR by Pike, Sean N., Harrison, Fiona A., Bachetti, Matteo, Brumback, McKinley C., Fürst, Felix S., Madsen, Kristin K., Pottschmidt, Katja, Tomsick, John A., Wilms, Jörn

“…We report on Nuclear Spectroscopic Telescope Array observations of transient pulsations in the neutron star X-ray binary SMC X-1. The transition from…”
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Discovery of a new supergiant fast X-ray transient MAXI J0709−159 associated with the Be star LY Canis Majoris by Sugizaki, Mutsumi, Mihara, Tatehiro, Kobayashi, Kohei, Negoro, Hitoshi, Shidatsu, Megumi, Pike, Sean N, Iwakiri, Wataru, Urabe, Sota, Serino, Motoko, Kawai, Nobuyuki, Nakajima, Motoki, Kennea, Jamie A, Liu, Zhu

“…Abstract We report on the discovery of a new supergiant fast X-ray transient (SFXT), MAXI J0709−159, and its identification with LY CMa (also known as HD…”
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“…In an ideal germanium detector, fully-absorbed monoenergetic \documentclass[12pt]{minimal} \usepackage{amsmath} \usepackage{wasysym} \usepackage{amsfonts}…”
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Numerical simulations of charge trapping in germanium strip detectors by Boggs, Steven E., Pike, Sean N., Roberts, Jarred, Shih, Albert Y., Tomsick, John A., Zoglauer, Andreas

“…Charge trapping in germanium detectors will inevitably impact their excellent spectral performance. Disordered regions in the germanium crystal structure,…”
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Characterizing and correcting electron and hole trapping in germanium cross-strip detectors by Pike, Sean N., Boggs, Steven E., Beechert, Jacqueline, Roberts, Jarred, Shih, Albert Y., Tomsick, John A., Zoglauer, Andreas

“…We present measurements of electron and hole trapping in three COSI germanium cross-strip detectors. By characterizing the relative charge collection…”
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Exploring the Mass Accretion Rates of Neutron Star X-Ray Binaries and the Properties of Cadmium Zinc Telluride for Hard X-Ray Astronomy by Pike, Sean N

“…My thesis work has consisted of investigations of several X-ray binaries using the Nuclear Spectroscopic Telescope Array (NuSTAR), as well as characterization…”
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Numerical Simulations of Charge Trapping in Germanium Strip Detectors by Boggs, Steven E, Pike, Sean N

“…Charge trapping in germanium detectors will inevitably impact their excellent spectral performance. Disordered regions in the germanium crystal structure,…”
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Analytical Fitting of Gamma-ray Photopeaks in Germanium Cross Strip Detectors by Boggs, Steven E, Pike, Sean N

“…In an ideal germanium detector, fully-absorbed monoenergetic gamma-rays will appear in the measured spectrum as a narrow peak, broadened into a Gaussian of…”
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Characterizing and correcting electron and hole trapping in germanium cross-strip detectors by Pike, Sean N, Boggs, Steven E, Beechert, Jacqueline, Roberts, Jarred, Shih, Albert Y, Tomsick, John A, Zoglauer, Andreas

“…We present measurements of electron and hole trapping in three COSI germanium cross-strip detectors. By characterizing the relative charge collection…”
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Return to the forgotten ULX: a broadband NICER+NuSTAR study of NGC 4190 ULX-1 by Earnshaw, Hannah P, Bachetti, Matteo, Brightman, Murray, Fürst, Felix, Harrison, Fiona A, Middleton, Matthew, Ludlam, Renee, Pike, Sean N, Stern, Daniel, Walton, Dominic J

“…We observed the nearby and relatively understudied ultraluminous X-ray source (ULX) NGC 4190 ULX-1 jointly with NICER and NuSTAR to investigate its broadband…”
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