EXTraS Papers

Here is a list of our papers, publishing EXTraS results. Click here for a full list of publications, including talks and posters.

• A. De Luca, R. Salvaterra, A. Belfiore, S. Carpano, D. D'Agostino, F. Haberl, G.L. Israel, D. Law-Green, G. Lisini, M. Marelli, G. Novara, A.M. Read, G. Rodriguez-Castillo, S.R. Rosen, D. Salvetti, A. Tiengo, G. Vianello, M.G. Watson, C. Delvaux, T. Dickens, P. Esposito, J. Greiner, H. Haemmerle, A. Kreikenbohm, S. Kreykenbohm, M. Oertel, D. Pizzocaro, J.P. Pye, S. Sandrelli, B. Stelzer, J. Wilms, and F. Zagaria (arXiv) :

  The EXTraS Project: Exploring the X-ray Transient and variable Sky

  Astronomy & Astrophysics, in press. Doi: 10.1051/0004-6361/202039783

• S. Motta, M. Marelli, F. Pintore, P. Esposito, R. Salvaterra, A. De Luca, G.L. Israel, A. Tiengo, and G. Rodriguez (arXiv):

  The Slow Heartbeats of an Ultraluminous X-Ray Source in NGC 3621

  The Astrophysical Journal, 898, 174-184, 2020. Doi: 10.3847/1538-4357/ab9b81

• G. Novara, P. Esposito, A. Tiengo, G. Vianello, R. Salvaterra, A. Belfiore, A. De Luca, et al. (arXiv):

  A supernova candidate at z=0.092 in XMM-Newton archival data

  The Astrophysical Journal, 898, 37-45, 2020. Doi: 10.3847/1538-4357/ab98f8

• G. Rodriguez, G. L. Israel, A. Belfiore, et al. (arXiv):

  Discovery of a 2.8s pulsar in a 2 d-orbit high-mass X-ray binary powering the ultraluminous X-ray source ULX-7 in M51

  The Astrophysical Journal, 895, 60-74, 2020. Doi: 10.3847/1538-4357/ab8a44

• A. De Luca, B. Stelzer, A. J. Burgasser, D. Pizzocaro, P. Ranalli, S. Raetz, M. Marelli, G. Novara, C. Vignali, A. Belfiore, P. Esposito, P. Franzetti, M. Fumana, R. Gilli, R. Salvaterra, and A. Tiengo (arXiv):

  EXTraS discovery of an X-ray superflare from an L dwarf

  Astronomy & Astrophysics, 634, L13, 2020. Doi: 10.1051/0004-6361/201937163

• D. Pizzocaro, B. Stelzer, E. Porretti, S. Raetz, G. Micela, A. Belfiore, M. Marelli, D. Salvetti, and A. De Luca (arXiv):

  Activity and rotation of the X-ray emitting Kepler stars

  Astronomy & Astrophysics, 628, A41, 2019. Doi: 10.1051/0004-6361/201731674

• L. Sidoli, K. Postnov, A. Belfiore, M. Marelli, D. Salvetti, R. Salvaterra, A. De Luca, and P. Esposito (arXiv):

  Supergiant Fast X-ray Transients uncovered by the EXTraS project: flares reveal the development of magnetospheric instability in accreting neutron stars

  Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, V. 487(1), p.420-434, 2019. Doi: 10.1093/mnras/stz1283

• M. Marelli, D. De Martino, S. Mereghetti, A. De Luca, R. Salvaterra, L. Sidoli, G. Israel, and G. Rodriguez (arXiv):

  The First Orbital Period of a Very Bright and Fast Nova in M31: M31N 2013-01b

  The Astrophysical Journal, V. 866(2), 125, 2018. Doi:10.3847/1538-4357/aadc67

• S. Mereghetti, A. De Luca, D. Salvetti, A. Belfiore, M. Marelli, A. Paizis, M. Rigoselli, R. Salvaterra, L. Sidoli, A. Tiengo (arXiv):

  EXTraS discovery of a peculiar flaring X-ray source in the Galactic globular cluster NGC 6540

  Astronomy & Astrophysics, V. 616 pp. A36, 2018. Doi: 10.1051/0004-6361/201833086

• M. Marelli, D. Salvetti, F. Gastaldello, S. Ghizzardi, S. Molendi, A. De Luca, A. Moretti, M. Rossetti, A. Tiengo (arXiv):

  A Systematic Analysis of the XMM-Newton Background: I. Dataset and Extraction Procedures

  Experimental Astronomy, V. 44(3), pp.297-308, 2017. Doi: 10.1007/s10686-017-9542-5

• D. Salvetti, M. Marelli, F. Gastaldello, S. Ghizzardi, S. Molendi, A. De Luca, A. Moretti, M. Rossetti, A. Tiengo (arXiv):

  A systematic analysis of the XMM-Newton background: II. Properties of the in-Field-Of-View excess component

  Experimental Astronomy, V. 44(3), pp.309-320, 2017. Doi: 10.1007/s10686-017-9539-0

• S. Ghizzardi, M. Marelli, D. Salvetti, F. Gastaldello, S. Molendi, A. De Luca, A. Moretti, M. Rossetti, A. Tiengo (arXiv):

  A systematic analysis of the XMM-Newton background: III. Impact of the magnetospheric environment

  Experimental Astronomy, V. 44(3), pp.273-285, 2017. Doi: 10.1007/s10686-017-9554-1

• F. Gastaldello, S. Ghizzardi, M. Marelli, D. Salvetti, S. Molendi, A. De Luca, A. Moretti, M. Rossetti, A. Tiengo (arXiv):

  A systematic analysis of the XMM-Newton background: IV. Origin of the unfocused and focused components

  Experimental Astronomy, V. 44(3), pp.321-336, 2017. Doi: 10.1007/s10686-017-9549-y

• M. Marelli, A. Tiengo, A. De Luca, D. Salvetti, L. Saronni, L. Sidoli, A. Paizis, R. Salvaterra, A. Belfiore, G. Israel, F. Haberl, and D. D'Agostino (arXiv):

  Discovery of periodic dips in the brightest hard X-ray source of M31 with EXTraS

  The Astrophysical Journal Letters, V. 851(2), L27, 2017.Doi: 10.3847/2041-8213/aa9b2e

• G.L. Israel, A. Belfiore, L. Stella, P. Esposito, P. Casella, A. De Luca, M. Marelli, A.Papitto, M. Perri, S. Puccetti, G. A. Rodriguez Castillo, D. Salvetti, A. Tiengo, L. Zampieri, D. D'Agostino, J. Greiner, F. Haberl, G. Novara, R. Salvaterra, R. Turolla, M. Watson, J. Wilms, and A. Wolter (arXiv):

  An accreting pulsar with extreme properties drives an ultraluminous x-ray source in NGC 5907

  ScienceV. 355(6327), pp 817-819, 2017. Doi: 10.1126/science.aai8635

• G.L. Israel, A. Papitto, P. Esposito, L. Stella, L. Zampieri, A. Belfiore, G. A. Rodriguez Castillo, A. De Luca, A. Tiengo, F. Haberl, J. Greiner, R. Salvaterra, S. Sandrelli, and G. Lisini (arxiv) 
  

  Discovery of a 0.42-s pulsar in the ultraluminous X-ray source NGC 7793 P13 

  Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, V. 466, pp.  L48, 2017. Doi: 10.1093/mnrasl/slw218

• F. Haberl, G. L. Israel, G. A. Rodriguez Castillo, G. Vasilopoulos, C. Delvaux, A. De Luca, S. Carpano, P. Esposito, G. Novara, R. Salvaterra, A. Tiengo, D. D'Agostino, and A. Udalski (arXiv)

  EXTraS discovery of two pulsators in the direction of the LMC: a Be/X-ray binary pulsar in the LMC and a candidate double-degenerate polar in the foreground

  Astronomy & Astrophysics, V. 598, pp. A69, 2017. Doi: 10.1051/0004-6361/201629744

• P. Esposito, G. L. Israel, A. Belfiore, G. Novara, L. Sidoli, G. A. Rodriguez Castillo, A. De Luca, A. Tiengo, F. Haberl, R. Salvaterra, A. M. Read, D. Salvetti, S. Sandrelli, M. Marelli, J. Wilms, and D. D'Agostino (arXiv) :

  EXTraS discovery of an 1.2-s X-ray pulsar in M 31

  Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, V. 457(1), pp. L5-L9, 2016. Doi: 10.1093/mnrasl/slv194

• D. Pizzocaro, B. Stelzer, R. Paladini, A. Tiengo, G. Lisini, G. Novara, G. Vianello, A. Belfiore, M. Marelli, D. Salvetti, I. Pillitteri, S. Sciortino, D. D'Agostino, F. Haberl, M. Watson, J. Wilms, R. Salvaterra, and A. De Luca (arXiv) :

  Results from DROXO IV. EXTraS discovery of an X-ray flare from the Class I protostar candidate ISO-Oph 85

  Astronomy and Astrophysics, V. 587, pp. A36, 2016. Doi: 10.1051/0004-6361/201526562