A NICER look at the Aql X-1 hard state by 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

“…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). …”
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NICER Observes the Effects of an X-Ray Burst on the Accretion Environment in Aql X-1 by Keek, L., Arzoumanian, Z., Bult, P., Cackett, E. M., Chenevez, J., Fabian, A. C., Gendreau, K. C., Guillot, S., Güver, T., Homan, J., Jaisawal, G. K., Lamb, F. K., Ludlam, R. M., Mahmoodifar, S., Markwardt, C. B., Miller, J. M., Soong, Y., Strohmayer, T. E., Wolff, M. T., Chakrabarty, Deepto, Prigozhin, Gregory

“…Key words: accretion, accretion disks – stars: individual (Aql X-1) – stars: neutron – X-rays: binaries – X-rays: bursts…”
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A NICER look at thermonuclear X-ray bursts from Aql X-1 by Güver, Tolga, Boztepe, Tuğba, Ballantyne, DR, Bostancı, Z Funda, Bult, Peter, Jaisawal, Gaurava K, Göğüş, Ersin, Strohmayer, Tod E, Altamirano, Diego, Guillot, Sebastien, Chakrabarty, Deepto

“…This is the first systematic investigation of a large sample of type I X-ray bursts from Aql X-1 with improved sensitivity at low energies. …”
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