Pulse profiles of tall accretion columns in X-ray pulsars

arXiv:2609.32726 · astro-ph.HE · Submitted 2026-09-26 · Read on arXiv

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Submitted: 2026-09-26

Updated: 2026-09-26

Terminology

• Accretion Flows — 6× in this paper · explained in 1 episode
• Accuracy — 2× in this paper · explained in 1 episode
• Alignment — 2× in this paper · explained in 1 episode
• Anti-correlation — 2× in this paper · explained in 3 episodes
• Abundance — 1× in this paper · explained in 1 episode
• Accretion Shock — 1× in this paper · explained in 1 episode
• International Space Science Institute — 1× in this paper
• Pulsating Ultra Luminous X-ray Sources — 1× in this paper
• Rotating Vector Model — 1× in this paper

Sources

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• An accreting pulsar with extreme properties drives an ultraluminous x-ray source in NGC 5907
• Discovery of a 0.42-s pulsar in the ultraluminous X-ray source NGC 7793 P13
• Switches between accretion structures during flares in 4U 1901+03
• Analytical Hot Spot Shapes and Magnetospheric Radius from 3D Simulations of Magnetospheric Accretion
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• The X-ray polarimetry view of the accreting pulsar Cen X-3
• Propeller effect in two brightest transient X-ray pulsars: 4U 0115+63 and V 0332+53
• NICER and Fermi GBM Observations of the First Galactic Ultraluminous X-ray Pulsar Swift J0243.6+6124

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