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Kun Hu
astro-ph.HEastro-ph.IMastro-ph.GAgr-qchep-ph
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Magnetars as Astrophysical Laboratories of Extreme Quantum Electrodynamics: The Case for a Compton Telescope
with Zorawar Wadiasingh, George Younes, Matthew G. Baring, Alice K. Harding +12
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Preprints & journals
30 papers in the corpus · 2019–2026Energy-Resolved Limits on Orbital X-ray Polarization Modulation in Cygnus X-12606.30894v2 · Sohee Chun, Bert Vander Meulen, Kun Hu et al.2026 · 0 citationsApJ 1010, 78 (2026)
Predictions for the X-ray polarisation modulation in Cygnus X-1 from reflection off the stellar companion and its wind2606.04159v1 · Bert Vander Meulen, Kun Hu, Victoria Grinberg et al.2026 · 0 citationsarXiv
X-ray Polarization Signatures from Comptonization by Magnetic Reconnection Plasmoids2605.26065v3 · John Groger, Kun Hu, Henric Krawczynski2026 · 0 citationsThe Astrophysical Journal Letters, 1008:L37 (6pp), 2026 September 10
Resonant Inverse Compton Scattering and Hard X-ray Emission in Magnetar Magnetospheres2605.07255v2 · Kun Hu, Nicholas Rackers, Alexander Y. Chen2026 · 0 citationsThe Astrophysical Journal, Volume 1006, Number 1 (2026)
Design of a mission to measure the shape and substructure of the 511 keV gamma-ray line from the center of the Milky Way2604.18825v1 · Kun Hu, Matthew Fritts, Daniel Becker et al.2026 · 0 citationsJournal of Astronomical Telescopes, Instruments, and Systems, Volume 12, id. 025002 (2026)
Refined Constraints on the Hard X-ray Polarization of the Crab Pulsar and Nebula Derived from an Extended XL-Calibur Dataset2604.15501v1 · Matthew G. Baring, Jacob Casey, Sohee Chun et al.2026 · 0 citationsThe Astrophysical Journal, Volume 1002 (2026), Number 2
A New Approach for Testing Einstein's Theory of Gravity Close to Rapidly Spinning Black Holes2604.05085v2 · Shravan Vengalil Menon, Kun Hu, Henric Krawczynski2026 · 0 citationsApJL 1003, L12 (2026)
XPE and VLT /FORS2 polarimetry challenge the Seyfert-1.9 classification of MCG-05-23-162601.13701v1 · Fr'ed'eric Marin, Daniele Tagliacozzo, Francesco Ursini et al.2026 · 0 citationsarXiv
Pulsed, Polarized X-ray Emission from Neutron Star Surfaces: the Effects of Vacuum Birefringence in the Magnetosphere2512.22978v1 · Hoa Dinh Thi, Matthew G. Baring, Kun Hu et al.2025 · 2 citationsarXiv
Unveiling blazar synchrotron emission: a multiwavelength polarimetric study of HSP and LSP populations2508.14168v1 · Sara Capecchiacci, Ioannis Liodakis, Riccardo Middei et al.2025 · 0 citationsarXiv
Monte Carlo Simulations of Polarized Radiative Transfer in Neutron Star Atmospheres2508.00225v1 · Hoa Dinh Thi, Matthew G. Baring, Kun Hu et al.2025 · 4 citationsApJ 992 188 (2025)
XL-Calibur Polarimetry of Cyg X-1 Further Constrains the Origin of its Hard-state X-ray Emission2507.23126v1 · Hisamitsu Awaki, Matthew G. Baring, Richard Bose et al.2025 · 2 citationsarXiv
XL-Calibur measurements of polarised hard X-ray emission from the Crab2503.14307v2 · Hisamitsu Awaki, Matthew G. Baring, Richard Bose et al.2025 · 5 citationsMonthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society 540 (2025) L34-L40
Magnetic Thomson Transport in High Opacity Domains2502.14615v1 · Matthew G. Baring, Kun Hu, Hoa Dinh Thi2025 · 3 citationsarXiv
Pulsed and Polarized X-ray Emission from Neutron Star Surfaces2411.06621v1 · Matthew G. Baring, Hoa Dinh Thi, George A. Younes et al.2024 · 1 citationAstronom. Nachrichten, 346, e20240104 (2024)
An IXPE-Led X-ray Spectro-Polarimetric Campaign on the Soft State of Cygnus X-1: X-ray Polarimetric Evidence for Strong Gravitational Lensing2406.12014v1 · James F. Steiner, Edward Nathan, Kun Hu et al.2024 · 34 citationsarXiv
Dramatic Drop in the X-Ray Polarization of Swift J1727.8$-$1613 in the Soft Spectral State2403.04689v2 · Jir'i Svoboda, Michal Dovciak, James F. Steiner et al.2024 · 45 citationsThe Astrophysical Journal Letters, 2024, 966, L35
Systematic effects on a Compton polarimeter at the focus of an X-ray mirror2402.15229v1 · M. Aoyagi, R.G. Bose, S. Chun et al.2024 · 3 citationsAstropart. Phys. 158 (2024) 102944
IXPE observation confirms a high spin in the accreting black hole 4U 1957+1152310.11125v2 · L. Marra, M. Brigitte, N. Rodriguez Cavero et al.2023 · 25 citationsarXiv
First X-ray polarization measurement confirms the low black-hole spin in LMC X-32309.10813v1 · Jir'i Svoboda, Michal Dovciak, James F. Steiner et al.2023 · 25 citationsThe Astrophysical Journal, 2024, 960, 3
Evaluation of several explanations of the strong X-ray polarization of the black hole X-ray binary 4U 1630-472307.13141v2 · Henric Krawczynski, Yajie Yuan, Alexander Y. Chen et al.2023 · 7 citationsarXiv
The First X-ray Polarization Observation of the Black Hole X-ray Binary 4U 1630-47 in the Steep Power Law State2305.10630v1 · Nicole Rodriguez Cavero, Lorenzo Marra, Henric Krawczynski et al.2023 · 27 citationsarXiv
X-ray Polarization of the Black Hole X-ray Binary 4U 1630-47 Challenges Standard Thin Accretion Disk Scenario2304.12752v2 · Ajay Ratheesh, Michal Dovciak, Henric Krawczynski et al.2023 · 50 citations2024 ApJ 964 77
High-Energy Photon Opacity in the Twisted Magnetospheres of Magnetars2210.00104v1 · Kun Hu, Matthew G. Baring, Alice K. Harding et al.2022 · 12 citationsarXiv
Polarized Radiation Signals from Highly Magnetized Neutron Star Surfaces2207.05145v1 · Kun Hu, Matthew G. Baring, Joseph A. Barchas et al.2022 · 2 citationsarXiv
Intensity and Polarization Characteristics of Extended Neutron Star Surface Regions2201.06537v1 · Kun Hu, Matthew G. Baring, Joseph A. Barchas et al.2022 · 13 citationsarXiv
The Mysterious Magnetospheres of Magnetars2012.10815v1 · Matthew G. Baring, Zorawar Wadiasingh, Peter L. Gonthier et al.2020 · 1 citationarXiv
Polarized Radiation Transfer in Neutron Star Surface Layers2011.05527v1 · Joseph A. Barchas, Kun Hu, Matthew G. Baring2020 · 16 citationsarXiv
Opacities for Photon Splitting and Pair Creation in Neutron Star Magnetospheres1904.03315v1 · Kun Hu, Matthew G. Baring, Zorawar Wadiasingh et al.2019 · 25 citationsarXiv
Magnetars as Astrophysical Laboratories of Extreme Quantum Electrodynamics: The Case for a Compton Telescope1903.05648v1 · Zorawar Wadiasingh, George Younes, Matthew G. Baring et al.2019 · 17 citationsarXivon Valency
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