Search Results - "Pintore, F"
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Pulsator-like Spectra from Ultraluminous X-Ray Sources and the Search for More Ultraluminous Pulsars
Published in The Astrophysical journal (10-02-2017)“…Ultraluminous X-ray sources (ULXs) are a population of extragalactic objects whose luminosity exceeds the Eddington limit for a 10 M black hole (BH). Their…”
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Modelling multiwavelength emission of Ultra-luminous X-ray Sources accreting above the Eddington limit
Published in Monthly notices of the Royal Astronomical Society (01-02-2022)“…ABSTRACT We model the multiwavelength properties of binaries accreting at super-critical rates with the aim to better understand the observational properties…”
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On the magnetic field in M51 ULX-8
Published in Monthly notices of the Royal Astronomical Society (01-06-2019)“…Abstract The reported discovery of a cyclotron resonance scattering feature (CRSF) in the spectrum of M51 ULX-8 may provide an important clue as to the nature…”
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Discovery of a 2.8 s Pulsar in a 2 Day Orbit High-mass X-Ray Binary Powering the Ultraluminous X-Ray Source ULX-7 in M51
Published in The Astrophysical journal (01-05-2020)“…We discovered 2.8 s pulsations in the X-ray emission of the ultraluminous X-ray source (ULX) M51 ULX-7 within the UNSEeN project, which was designed to hunt…”
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Timing of the accreting millisecond pulsar SAX J1748.9−2021 during its 2015 outburst
Published in Monthly notices of the Royal Astronomical Society (21-06-2016)“…We report on the timing analysis of the 2015 outburst of the intermittent accreting millisecond X-ray pulsar SAX J1748.9−2021 observed on March 4 by the X-ray…”
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Multiwavelength investigation of the candidate Galactic PeVatron MGRO J1908+06
Published in Monthly notices of the Royal Astronomical Society (01-08-2021)“…ABSTRACT The candidate PeVatron MGRO J1908+06, which shows a hard spectrum beyond 100 TeV, is one of the most peculiar γ-ray sources in the Galactic plane. Its…”
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Spectral and timing properties of IGR J00291+5934 during its 2015 outburst
Published in Monthly notices of the Royal Astronomical Society (21-04-2017)“…Abstract We report on the spectral and timing properties of the accreting millisecond X-ray pulsar IGR J00291+5934 observed by XMM–Newton and NuSTAR during its…”
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XMM-Newton campaign on the ultraluminous X-ray source NGC 247 ULX-1: outflows
Published in Monthly notices of the Royal Astronomical Society (01-08-2021)“…ABSTRACT Most ultraluminous X-ray sources (ULXs) are believed to be powered by super-Eddington accreting neutron stars and, perhaps, black holes. Above the…”
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Investigating the nature of the ultraluminous X-ray sources in the galaxy NGC 925
Published in Monthly notices of the Royal Astronomical Society (24-03-2022)“…Abstract Variability is a powerful tool to investigate properties of X-ray binaries (XRB), in particular for Ultraluminous X-ray sources (ULXs) that are mainly…”
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Comparison of distance measurements to dust clouds using GRB X-ray haloes and 3D dust extinction
Published in Monthly notices of the Royal Astronomical Society (29-09-2023)“…ABSTRACT X-ray photons from energetic sources such as gamma-ray bursts (GRBs) can be scattered on dust clouds in the Milky Way, creating a time-evolving halo…”
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Quasi-periodic dipping in the ultraluminous X-ray source, NGC 247 ULX-1
Published in Monthly notices of the Royal Astronomical Society (01-08-2021)“…ABSTRACT Most ultraluminous X-ray sources (ULXs) are believed to be stellar mass black holes or neutron stars accreting beyond the Eddington limit. Determining…”
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New X-ray observations of the hot subdwarf binary HD 49798/RX J0648.0–4418
Published in Monthly notices of the Royal Astronomical Society (22-04-2021)“…ABSTRACT HD 49798/RX J0648.0–4418 is the only confirmed X-ray binary in which the mass donor is a hot subdwarf star of O spectral type and, most likely, it…”
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The Slow Heartbeats of an Ultraluminous X-Ray Source in NGC 3621
Published in The Astrophysical journal (01-08-2020)“…We report on the results of X-ray observations of 4XMM J111816.0-324910, a transient ultraluminous X-ray source located in the galaxy NGC 3621. This system is…”
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Unveiling the disc structure in ultraluminous X-ray source NGC 55 ULX-1
Published in Monthly notices of the Royal Astronomical Society (20-09-2022)“…ABSTRACT Ultraluminous X-ray sources (ULXs) are the most extreme among X-ray binaries in which the compact object, a neutron star or a black hole, accretes…”
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Broad-band spectral analysis of the accreting millisecond X-ray pulsar SAX J1748.9−2021
Published in Monthly notices of the Royal Astronomical Society (11-04-2016)“…We analysed a 115-ks XMM–Newton observation and the stacking of 8 d of INTEGRAL observations, taken during the raise of the 2015 outburst of the accreting…”
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Testing rate-dependent corrections on timing mode EPIC-pn spectra of the accreting neutron star GX 13+1
Published in Monthly notices of the Royal Astronomical Society (21-12-2014)“…When the EPIC-pn instrument on board XMM–Newton is operated in Timing mode, high count rates (>100 counts s−1) of bright sources may affect the calibration of…”
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The Chameleon on the branches: spectral state transition and dips in NGC 247 ULX-1
Published in Monthly notices of the Royal Astronomical Society (01-11-2021)“…ABSTRACT Soft Ultra-Luminous X-ray (ULXs) sources are a subclass of the ULXs that can switch from a supersoft spectral state, where most of the luminosity is…”
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An ultrafast outflow in the black hole candidate MAXI J1810−222?
Published in Monthly notices of the Royal Astronomical Society (01-07-2023)“…ABSTRACT The transient X-ray source MAXI J1810−222 was discovered in 2018 and has been active ever since. A long combined radio and X-ray monitoring campaign…”
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Spectral analysis of SMC X-2 during its 2015 outburst
Published in Monthly notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. Letters (01-05-2016)“…We report on the results of XMM–Newton and Swift observations of SMC X-2 during its last outburst in 2015 October, the first one since 2000. The source reached…”
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The multi-outburst activity of the magnetar in Westerlund I
Published in Monthly notices of the Royal Astronomical Society (11-04-2019)“…ABSTRACT After two major outbursts in 2006 and 2011, on 2017 May 16 the magnetar CXOU J164710.2−455216, hosted within the massive star cluster Westerlund I,…”
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