The NICER “Reverberation Machine”: A Systematic Study of Time Lags in Black Hole X-Ray Binaries

J Wang, E Kara, M Lucchini, A Ingram… - The Astrophysical …, 2022 - iopscience.iop.org
We perform the first systematic search of all NICER archival observations of black hole (and
candidate) low-mass X-ray binaries for signatures of reverberation. Reverberation lags …

The black hole transient MAXI J1348–630: evolution of the compact and transient jets during its 2019/2020 outburst

F Carotenuto, S Corbel, E Tremou… - Monthly Notices of …, 2021 - academic.oup.com
We present the radio and X-ray monitoring campaign of the 2019/2020 outburst of MAXI
J1348–630, a new black hole X-ray binary (BH XRB) discovered in 2019 January. We …

A new radio census of neutron star X-ray binaries

J Van Den Eijnden, N Degenaar… - Monthly Notices of …, 2021 - academic.oup.com
We report new radio observations of a sample of 36 neutron star (NS) X-ray binaries, more
than doubling the sample in the literature observed at current-day sensitivities. These …

Measuring fundamental jet properties with multiwavelength fast timing of the black hole X-ray binary MAXI J1820+ 070

AJ Tetarenko, P Casella… - Monthly Notices of …, 2021 - academic.oup.com
We present multiwavelength fast timing observations of the black hole X-ray binary MAXI
J1820+ 070 (ASASSN-18ey), taken with the Karl G. Jansky Very Large Array (VLA) …

The evolution of the corona in MAXI J1535−571 through type-C quasi-periodic oscillations with Insight-HXMT

Y Zhang, M Méndez, F García, SN Zhang… - Monthly Notices of …, 2022 - academic.oup.com
Type-C quasi-periodic oscillations (QPOs) in black hole X-ray transients can appear when
the source is in the low-hard and hard-intermediate states. The spectral-timing evolution of …

Disk, corona, jet connection in the intermediate state of MAXI J1820+ 070 revealed by NICER spectral-timing analysis

J Wang, G Mastroserio, E Kara, JA García… - The Astrophysical …, 2021 - iopscience.iop.org
We analyze five epochs of Neutron star Interior Composition Explorer (NICER) data of the
black hole X-ray binary MAXI J1820+ 070 during the bright hard-to-soft state transition in its …

A NICER look at the jet-like corona of MAXI J1535−571 through type-B quasi-periodic oscillations

Y Zhang, M Méndez, F García… - Monthly Notices of …, 2023 - academic.oup.com
ABSTRACT MAXI J1535− 571 is a black-hole X-ray binary that in 2017 exhibited a very
bright outburst which reached a peak flux of up to 5 Crab in the 2–20 keV band. Given the …

Thermonuclear explosions on neutron stars reveal the speed of their jets

TD Russell, N Degenaar, J van den Eijnden… - Nature, 2024 - nature.com
Relativistic jets are observed from accreting and cataclysmic transients throughout the
Universe, and have a profound impact on their surroundings,. Despite their importance, their …

Failed-transition outbursts in black hole low-mass X-ray binaries

K Alabarta, D Altamirano, M Méndez… - Monthly Notices of …, 2021 - academic.oup.com
Black hole low-mass X-ray binaries (BH LMXBs) evolve in a similar way during outburst.
Based on the X-ray spectrum and variability, this evolution can be divided into three …

Transitions and origin of the type-B quasi-periodic oscillations in the black hole X-ray binary MAXI J1348–630

HX Liu, Y Huang, QC Bu, W Yu, ZX Yang… - The Astrophysical …, 2022 - iopscience.iop.org
The fast transitions between different types of quasi-periodic oscillations (QPOs) are
generally observed in black hole transient sources (BHTs). We present a detailed study of …