Browsing by Author "Christensen, Finn E."

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    A NuStar survey of nearby ultraluminous infrared galaxies
    (2015) Teng, Stacy H.; Rigby, Jane R.; Stern, Daniel; Ptak, Andrew; Alexander, D. M.; Bauer, Franz Erik; Boggs, Stephen E.; Brandt, W. Niel; Christensen, Finn E.; Comastri, Andrea
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    A NuSTAR survey of nearby ultraluminous infrared galaxies.
    (2015) Teng, Stacy H.; Bauer, Franz Erik; Treister, Ezequiel; Rigby, Jane R.; Stern, Daniel.; Ptak, Andrew.; Alexander, D. M.; Boggs, Stephen E.; Brandt, W N.; Christensen, Finn E.
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    G359.97-0.038: A HARD X-RAY FILAMENT ASSOCIATED WITH A SUPERNOVA SHELL–MOLECULAR CLOUD INTERACTION
    (2015) Nynka, Melania; Hailey, Charles J.; Zhang, Shuo; Morris, Mark M.; Zhao, Jun-Hui; Goss, Miller; Bauer, Franz Erik; Boggs, Stephen E.; Craig, William W.; Christensen, Finn E.; Gotthelf, Eric V.; Harrison, Fiona A.; Mori, Kaya; Perez, Kerstin M.; Stern, Daniel; Zhang, William W.
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    HARD X-RAY MORPHOLOGICAL AND SPECTRAL STUDIES OF THE GALACTIC CENTER MOLECULAR CLOUD SGR B2: CONSTRAINING PAST SGR A☆ FLARING ACTIVITY
    (2015) Zhang, Shuo; Hailey, Charles J.; Mori, Kaya; Clavel, Maica; Terrier, Regis; Ponti, Gabriele; Goldwurm, Andrea; Bauer, Franz E.; Boggs, Steven E.; Christensen, Finn E.; Craig, William W.; Harrison, Fiona A.; Hong, Jaesub; Nynka, Melania; Soldi, Simona; Stern, Daniel; Tomsick, John A.; Zhang, William W.
    In 2013, NuSTAR observed the Sgr B2 region and for the first time resolved its hard X-ray emission on subarcminute scales. Two prominent features are detected above 10 keV:. a newly emerging cloud, G0.66-0.13, and the central 90 '' radius region containing two compact cores, Sgr B2(M) and Sgr B2(N), surrounded by diffuse emission. It is inconclusive whether the remaining level of Sgr. B2 emission is still decreasing or has reached a constant background level. A decreasing X-ray emission can be best explained by the X-ray reflection nebula scenario, where the cloud reprocesses a past giant outburst from Sgr A(star). In the X-ray reflection nebula (XRN) scenario, the 3-79 keV Sgr. B2 spectrum allows us to self-consistently test the XRN model using both the Fe K alpha line and the continuum emission. The peak luminosity of the past Sgr A(star) outburst is constrained to L3-79keV similar to 5 x 10(38) ergs s(-1). A newly discovered cloud feature, G0.66-0.13, shows different timing variability. We suggest that it could be a molecular clump located in the Sgr B2 envelope reflecting the same Sgr A(star) outburst. In contrast, if the Sgr. B2 X-ray emission has reached a constant background level, it would imply an origin of low-energy cosmic-ray (CR) proton bombardment. In this scenario, from the NuSTAR measurements we infer a CR ion power of dW/dt = (1 - 4) x 10(39) erg s(-1) and a CR ionization rate of zeta(H) = (6 - 10) x 10(-15) H-1 s(-1). measurements can become powerful tools to constrain the GC CR population.
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    High-energy x-rays from j174545.5-285829, the cannonball: a candidate pulsar wind nebula associated with Sgr a east
    (2013) Nynka, Melania; Hailey, Charles J.; Mori, Kaya; Baganoff, Frederick K; Bauer, Franz Erik; Boggs, Steven E.; Craig, William W.; Christensen, Finn E.; Gotthelf, Eric V.; Harrison, Fiona A.
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    PHASE-RESOLVED NuSTAR AND SWIFT-XRT OBSERVATIONS OF MAGNETAR 4U 0142+61
    (2015) Tendulkar, Shriharsh P.; Hascoeet, Romain; Yang, Chengwei; Kaspi, Victoria M.; Beloborodov, Andrei M.; An, Hongjun; Bachetti, Matteo; Boggs, Steven E.; Christensen, Finn E.; Craig, William W.; Guiilot, Sebastien; Hailey, Charles A.; Harrison, Fiona A.; Stern, Daniel; Zhang, William
    We present temporal and spectral analysis of simultaneous 0.5-79 keV Swift-XRT and Nuclear Spectroscopic Telescope Array observations of the magnetar 4U 0142+61. The pulse profile changes significantly with photon energy between 3 and 35 keV. The pulse fraction increases with energy, reaching a value of approximate to 20%, similar to that observed in 1E 1841-045 and much lower than the approximate to 80% pulse fraction observed in 1E 2259+586. We do not detect the 55 ks phase modulation reported in previous Suzaku-HXD observations. The phase-averaged spectrum of 4U 0142+61 above 20 keV is dominated by a hard power law (PL) with a photon index Gamma(H) similar to 0.65, and the spectrum below 20 keV can be described by two blackbodies, a blackbody plus a soft PL, or by a Comptonized blackbody model. We study the full phase-resolved spectra using the e(+/-) outflow model of Beloborodov. Our results are consistent with the parameters of the active j-bundle derived from INTEGRAL data by Hascoet et al. We find that a significant degeneracy appears in the inferred parameters if the footprint of the j-bundle is allowed to be a thin ring instead of a polar cap. The degeneracy is reduced when the footprint is required to be the hot spot inferred from the soft X-ray data.