A NICER look at the Aql X-1 hard state

We report on a spectral-timing analysis of the neutron star low-mass X-ray binary (LMXB) Aql X-1 with the Neutron Star Interior Composition Explorer (NICER) on the International Space Station (ISS). Aql X-1 was observed with NICER during a dim outburst in 2017 July, collecting approximately 50 ks of...

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Main Authors: Bult, Peter, Arzoumanian, Zaven, Cackett, Edward M., Guillot, Sebastien, Jaisawal, Gaurava K., Keek, Laurens, Kenyon, Steve, Lamb, Frederick K., Ludlam, Renee, Mahmoodifar, Simin, Markwardt, Craig, Soong, Yang, Strohmayer, Tod E., Uttley, Phil, Chakrabarty, Deepto, Gendreau, Keith C., Homan, Jeroen, Miller, Jon M, Prigozhin, Gregory
Other Authors: Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Physics
Format: Article
Published: American Astronomical Society 2019
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/120926
https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8804-8946