The Radius of the High Mass Pulsar PSR J0740+6620 With 3.6 Years of NICER Data

Kavli Affiliate: Deepto Chakrabarty | First 5 Authors: Tuomo Salmi, Devarshi Choudhury, Yves Kini, Thomas E. Riley, Serena Vinciguerra | Summary: We report an updated analysis of the radius, mass, and heated surface regions of the massive pulsar PSR J0740+6620 using NICER data from 2018 September 21 to 2022 April 21, a substantial increase in […]


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The Radius of the High-mass Pulsar PSR J0740+6620 with 3.6 yr of NICER Data

Kavli Affiliate: Deepto Chakrabarty | First 5 Authors: Tuomo Salmi, Devarshi Choudhury, Yves Kini, Thomas E. Riley, Serena Vinciguerra | Summary: We report an updated analysis of the radius, mass, and heated surface regions of the massive pulsar PSR J0740+6620 using Neutron Star Interior Composition Explorer (NICER) data from 2018 September 21 to 2022 April […]


Continue.. The Radius of the High-mass Pulsar PSR J0740+6620 with 3.6 yr of NICER Data

The Radius of the High-mass Pulsar PSR J0740+6620 with 3.6 yr of NICER Data

Kavli Affiliate: Deepto Chakrabarty | First 5 Authors: Tuomo Salmi, Devarshi Choudhury, Yves Kini, Thomas E. Riley, Serena Vinciguerra | Summary: We report an updated analysis of the radius, mass, and heated surface regions of the massive pulsar PSR J0740+6620 using Neutron Star Interior Composition Explorer (NICER) data from 2018 September 21 to 2022 April […]


Continue.. The Radius of the High-mass Pulsar PSR J0740+6620 with 3.6 yr of NICER Data

The Radius of the High-mass Pulsar PSR J0740+6620 with 3.6 yr of NICER Data

Kavli Affiliate: Deepto Chakrabarty | First 5 Authors: Tuomo Salmi, Devarshi Choudhury, Yves Kini, Thomas E. Riley, Serena Vinciguerra | Summary: We report an updated analysis of the radius, mass, and heated surface regions of the massive pulsar PSR J0740+6620 using Neutron Star Interior Composition Explorer (NICER) data from 2018 September 21 to 2022 April […]


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TOI-2374 b and TOI-3071 b: two metal-rich sub-Saturns well within the Neptunian desert

Kavli Affiliate: Sara Seager | First 5 Authors: Alejandro Hacker, Rodrigo F. Díaz, David J. Armstrong, Jorge Fernández Fernández, Simon Müller | Summary: We report the discovery of two transiting planets detected by the Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS), TOI-2374 b and TOI-3071 b, orbiting a K5V and an F8V star, respectively, with periods of […]


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The imprint of dark matter on the Galactic acceleration field

Kavli Affiliate: Lina Necib | First 5 Authors: Arpit Arora, Robyn E. Sanderson, Sukanya Chakrabarti, Andrew Wetzel, Thomas Donlon II | Summary: Measurements of the accelerations of stars enabled by time-series extreme-precision spectroscopic observations, from pulsar timing, and from eclipsing binary stars in the Solar Neighborhood offer insights into the mass distribution of the Milky […]


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The imprint of dark matter on the Galactic acceleration field

Kavli Affiliate: Lina Necib | First 5 Authors: Arpit Arora, Robyn E. Sanderson, Sukanya Chakrabarti, Andrew Wetzel, Thomas Donlon II | Summary: Measurements of the accelerations of stars enabled by time-series extreme-precision spectroscopic observations, from pulsar timing, and from eclipsing binary stars in the Solar Neighborhood offer insights into the mass distribution of the Milky […]


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An IXPE-Led X-ray Spectro-Polarimetric Campaign on the Soft State of Cygnus X-1: X-ray Polarimetric Evidence for Strong Gravitational Lensing

Kavli Affiliate: Herman L. Marshall | First 5 Authors: James F. Steiner, Edward Nathan, Kun Hu, Henric Krawczynski, Michal Dovciak | Summary: We present the first X-ray spectropolarimetric results for Cygnus X-1 in its soft state from a campaign of five IXPE observations conducted during 2023 May-June. Companion multiwavelength data during the campaign are likewise […]


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An IXPE-Led X-ray Spectro-Polarimetric Campaign on the Soft State of Cygnus X-1: X-ray Polarimetric Evidence for Strong Gravitational Lensing

Kavli Affiliate: Herman L. Marshall | First 5 Authors: James F. Steiner, Edward Nathan, Kun Hu, Henric Krawczynski, Michal Dovciak | Summary: We present the first X-ray spectropolarimetric results for Cygnus X-1 in its soft state from a campaign of five IXPE observations conducted during 2023 May-June. Companion multiwavelength data during the campaign are likewise […]


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An IXPE-Led X-ray Spectro-Polarimetric Campaign on the Soft State of Cygnus X-1: X-ray Polarimetric Evidence for Strong Gravitational Lensing

Kavli Affiliate: Herman L. Marshall | First 5 Authors: James F. Steiner, Edward Nathan, Kun Hu, Henric Krawczynski, Michal Dovciak | Summary: We present the first X-ray spectropolarimetric results for Cygnus X-1 in its soft state from a campaign of five IXPE observations conducted during 2023 May-June. Companion multiwavelength data during the campaign are likewise […]


Continue.. An IXPE-Led X-ray Spectro-Polarimetric Campaign on the Soft State of Cygnus X-1: X-ray Polarimetric Evidence for Strong Gravitational Lensing