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Detection of Flare Multiperiodic Pulsations in Mid-ultraviolet Balmer Continuum, Lyl Hard X-Ray, and Radio Emissions Simultaneously 期刊论文 OAI收割
The Astrophysical Journal, 2021, 卷号: 921, 页码: 179
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Solar flares Solar oscillations Solar ultraviolet emission Solar x-ray emission Solar radio emission 1496 1515 1533 1536 1522 Astrophysics - Solar and Stellar Astrophysics Abstract: Quasi-periodic pulsations (QPPs), which usually appear as temporal pulsations of the total flux, are frequently detected in the light curves of solar/stellar flares. In this study, we present the investigation of nonstationary QPPs with multiple periods during the impulsive phase of a powerful flare on 2017 September 6, which were simultaneously measured by the Hard X-ray Modulation Telescope (Insight-HXMT), as well as the ground-based BLENSW. The multiple periods, detected by applying a wavelet transform and Lomb-Scargle periodogram to the detrended light curves, are found to be ~20-55 s in the Ly`and mid-ultraviolet Balmer continuum emissions during the flare impulsive phase. Similar QPPs with multiple periods are also found in the hard X-ray emission and low-frequency radio emission. Our observations suggest that the flare QPPs could be related to nonthermal electrons accelerated by the repeated energy release process, i.e., triggering of repetitive magnetic reconnection, while the multiple periods might be modulated by the sausage oscillation of hot plasma loops. For the multiperiodic pulsations, other generation mechanisms could not be completely ruled out.

Insight-HXMT observations of Swift J0243.6+6124: the evolution of RMS pulse fractions at super-Eddington luminosity 期刊论文 OAI收割
Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 2020, 卷号: 497, 页码: 5498-5506
作者: HXMT

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stars: neutron pulsars: individual: Swift J0243.6+6124 X-rays: binaries Astrophysics - High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena Abstract: Based on Insight-HXMT data, we report on the pulse fraction evolution during the 2017-2018 outburst of the newly discovered first Galactic ultraluminous X-ray (ULX) source Swift J0243.6+6124. The pulse fractions of 19 observation pairs selected in the rising and fading phases with similar luminosity are investigated. The results show a general trend of the pulse fraction increasing with luminosity and energy at supercritical luminosity. However, the relative strength of the pulsation between each pair evolves strongly with luminosity. The pulse fraction in the rising phase is larger at luminosity below 7.71 × 10³⁸ erg s^-1, but smaller at above. A transition luminosity is found to be energy independent. Such a phenomenon is first confirmed by Insight-HXMT observations and we speculate that it may have relation with the radiation-pressure-dominated accretion disc.

Constraining the X-Ray-Infrared Spectral Index of Second-timescale Flares from SGR 1935+2154 with Palomar Gattini-IR 期刊论文 OAI收割
The Astrophysical Journal, 2020, 卷号: 901, 页码: L7
作者: HXMT

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Radio transient sources Magnetars Soft gamma-ray repeaters 2008 992 1471 Astrophysics - High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena Astrophysics - Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics Abstract: The Galactic magnetar SGR 1935+2154 has been reported to produce the first example of a bright millisecond-duration radio burst (FRB 200428) similar to the cosmological population of fast radio bursts (FRBs). The detection of a coincident bright X-ray burst represents the first observed multiwavelength counterpart of an FRB. However, the search for similar emission at optical wavelengths has been hampered by the high inferred extinction on the line of sight. Here, we present results from the first search for second-timescale emission from the source at near-infrared (NIR) wavelengths using the Palomar Gattini-IR observing system in the J band, enabled by a novel detector readout mode that allows short exposure times of ?0.84 s with 99.9% observing efficiency. With a total observing time of ?12 hr (?47,728 images) during its 2020 outburst, we place median 3Ҡlimits on the second-timescale NIR fluence of ?18 Jy ms (13.1 AB mag). The corresponding extinction-corrected limit is ?125 Jy ms for an estimated extinction of A_J = 2.0 mag. Our observations were sensitive enough to easily detect an NIR counterpart of FRB 200428 if the NIR emission falls on the same power law as observed across its radio to X-ray spectrum. We report nondetection limits from epochs of four simultaneous X-ray bursts detected by the Insight-HXMT and NuSTAR telescopes during our observations. These limits provide the most stringent constraints to date on fluence of flares at 10¹⁴ Hz, and constrain the fluence ratio of the NIR emission to coincident X-ray bursts to R_NIR ? 0.025 (fluence index ?0.35).

Comparison of simulated backgrounds with in-orbit observations for HE, ME, and LE onboard Insight-HXMT 期刊论文 OAI收割
Astrophysics and Space Science, 2020, 卷号: 365, 页码: 158
作者: HXMT

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Insight-HXMT Geant4 simulation Background observation Astrophysics - Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics Abstract: Insight-HXMT, the first X-ray astronomical satellite in China, aims to reveal new sources in the Galaxy and to study fundamental physics of X-ray binaries from 1 to 250 keV. It has three collimated telescopes, the High Energy X-ray telescope (HE), the Medium Energy X-ray telescope (ME), and the Low Energy X-ray telescope (LE). Before the launch, in-orbit backgrounds of these three telescopes had been estimated through Geant4 simulation, in order to investigate the instrument performance and the achievement of scientific goals. In this work, these simulated backgrounds are compared with in-orbit observations. Good agreements are shown for all three telescopes. For HE, (1) the deviation of the simulated background rate after two years of operation in space is 5 % from the observation (2) the total background spectrum and the relative abundance of the 67 keV line show long-term increases both in simulations and observations. For ME, (1) the deviation of simulated background rate is within 15 % from the observation, and (2) there are no obvious long-term increase features in the background spectra of simulations and observations. For LE, the background level given by simulations is also consistent with observations. The consistencies of these comparisons validate that the Insight-HXMT mass model, i.e., space environment components and models adopted, physics processes selected, and detector constructions built, is reasonable. However, the line features at 7.5 and 8.0 keV, which are obvious in the observed spectra of LE, are not evident in simulations. This might result from uncertainties in the LE constructions.

An underlying clock in the extreme flip-flop state transitions of the black hole transient Swift J1658.2-4242 期刊论文 OAI收割
Astronomy and Astrophysics, 2020, 卷号: 641, 页码: A101
作者: HXMT

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accretion accretion disks black hole physics X-rays: binaries time Astrophysics - High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena Abstract:
Aims: Flip-flops are top-hat-like X-ray flux variations, which have been observed in some transient accreting black hole binary systems, and feature simultaneous changes in the spectral hardness and the power density spectrum (PDS). They occur at a crucial time in the evolution of these systems, when the accretion disc emission starts to dominate over coronal emission. Flip-flops remain a poorly understood phenomenon, so we aim to thoroughly investigate them in a system featuring several such transitions.
Methods: Within the multitude of observations of Swift J1658.2-4242 during its outburst in early 2018, we detected 15 flip-flops, enabling a detailed analysis of their individual properties and the differences between them. We present observations by XMM-Newton, NuSTAR, Astrosat, Swift, Insight-HXMT, INTEGRAL, and ATCA. We analysed their light curves, searched for periodicities, computed their PDSs, and fitted their X-ray spectra, to investigate the source behaviour during flip-flop transitions and how the interval featuring flip-flops differs from the rest of the outburst.
Results: The flip-flops of Swift J1658.2-4242 are of an extreme variety, exhibiting flux differences of up to 77% within 100 s, which is much larger than what has been seen previously. We observed radical changes in the PDS simultaneous with the sharp flux variations, featuring transitions between the quasi-periodic oscillation types C and A, which have never been observed before. Changes in the PDS are delayed, but more rapid than changes in the light curve. Flip-flops occur in two intervals within the outburst, separated by about two weeks in which these phenomena were not seen. Transitions between the two flip-flop states occurred at random integer multiples of a fundamental period of 2.761 ks in the first interval and 2.61 ks in the second. Spectral analysis reveals the high and low flux flip-flop states to be very similar, but distinct from intervals lacking flip-flops. A change of the inner temperature of the accretion disc is responsible for most of the flux difference in the flip-flops. We also highlight the importance of correcting for the influence of the dust scattering halo on the X-ray spectra.

Theoretical sigma-D relations for shell-type galactic supernova remnants 期刊论文 OAI收割
JOURNAL OF ASTROPHYSICS AND ASTRONOMY, 2019, 卷号: 40, 期号: 1, 页码: 7
作者: Hu, YP; Zeng, HA; Fang, J; Hou, JP; Xu, JW

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X-RAY OBSERVATIONS COMPACT CENTRAL OBJECT RADIO OBSERVATIONS ROSAT OBSERVATIONS NOVA REMNANTS INTERSTELLAR-MEDIUM EMISSION ACCELERATION DEPENDENCE DISTANCES

Timing analysis of Swift J1658.2-4242's outburst in 2018 with Insight-HXMT, NICER and AstroSat 期刊论文 OAI收割
Journal of High Energy Astrophysics, 2019, 卷号: 24, 页码: 30-40
作者: HXMT

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Accretion accretion disks Black hole physics X-rays: binaries: Swift J1658.2-4242 Astrophysics - High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena Abstract: We present the observational results from a detailed timing analysis of the black hole candidate Swift J1658.2-4242 during its 2018 outburst with the observations of Hard X-ray Modulation Telescope (Insight-HXMT), Neutron Star Interior Composition Explorer (NICER) and AstroSat in 0.1-250 keV. The evolution of intensity, hardness and integrated fractional root mean square (rms) observed by Insight-HXMT and NICER are presented in this paper. Type-C quasi-periodic oscillations (QPOs) observed by NICER (0.8-3.5 Hz) and Insight-HXMT (1-1.6 Hz) are also reported in this work. The features of the QPOs are analyzed with an energy range of 0.5-50 keV. The relations between QPO frequency and other characteristics such as intensity, hardness and QPO rms are carefully studied. The timing and spectral properties indicate that Swift J1658.2-4242 is a black hole binary system. Besides, the rms spectra of the source calculated from the simultaneous observation of Insight-HXMT, NICER and AstroSat support the Lense-Thirring origin of the QPOs. The relation between QPO phase lag and the centroid frequency of Swift J1658.2-4242 reveals a near zero constant when < 4Hz and a soft phase lag at 6.68 Hz. This independence follows the same trend as the high inclination galactic black hole binaries such as MAXI J1659-152.

In-orbit Demonstration of X-Ray Pulsar Navigation with the Insight-HXMT Satellite 期刊论文 OAI收割
The Astrophysical Journal Supplement Series, 2019, 卷号: 244, 页码: 1
作者: HXMT

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pulsars: general techniques: miscellaneous Astrophysics - Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics Abstract: In this work, we report the in-orbit demonstration of X-ray pulsar navigation with Insight-Hard X-ray Modulation Telescope (Insight-HXMT) Satellite, which was launched on 2017 June 15. The new pulsar navigation method Significance Enhancement of Pulse-profile with Orbit-dynamics is adopted to determine the orbit with observations of only one pulsar. In this test, the Crab pulsar is chosen and observed by Insight-HXMT from 2017 August 31 to September 5. Using the five-day long observation data, the orbit of Insight-HXMT is determined successfully with the three telescopes onboard: High Energy X-ray Telescope, Medium Energy X-ray Telescope, and Low Energy X-ray Telescope, respectively. By combining all the data, the position and velocity of the Insight-HXMT are pinpointed to within 10 km (3ҩ and 10 m s^-1 (3ҩ, respectively.

Simultaneous optical g, r, i monitoring and IDV periodic analysis for quasar 3C 454.3 期刊论文 OAI收割
RESEARCH IN ASTRONOMY AND ASTROPHYSICS, 2019, 卷号: 19, 期号: 10
作者: Fan JunHui; Yuan YuHai; Wu Hong

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SPECTRAL SLOPE VARIABILITY BL-LACERTAE OBJECTS INTRADAY VARIABILITY INFRARED OBSERVATIONS BLAZAR 3C-454.3 COMPLETE SAMPLE BLACK-HOLES X-RAY RADIO MICROVARIABILITY galaxies: quasars: individual (3C 454.3)

Introduction to the hard x-ray modulation telescope 期刊论文 OAI收割
2014, 页码: 9144
作者: Zhang, S. N.; Lu, F. J; Zhang, S; Li, T. P.

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