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Probing the polarized emission from the accretion-powered pulsar 4U 1907 09 with IXPE
Menglei Zhou, Lorenzo Ducci, Honghui Liu, Sergey S. Tsygankov, Sofia V. Forsblom, Alexander A. Mushtukov, Valery F. Suleimanov, Juri Poutanen, Pengju Wang, Alessandro Di Marco, Victor Doroshenko, Fabio La Monaca, Vladislav Loktev, Alexander Salganik, Andrea Santangelo
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Probing the polarized emission from the accretion-powered pulsar 4U 1907+09 with IXPE
We present observations of the accretion-powered X-ray pulsar (XRP) 4U 1907+09, conducted with the Imaging X-ray Polarimetry Explorer (IXPE) that delivers the first high-quality polarization measurements of this source. 4U 1907+09 was observed twice during its brightest periods close to the periastron. We observe a stronger polarization in the first observation, with the phase-averaged polarization degree (PD) of $6.0 \pm 1.6\%$ and polarization angle (PA) of $69^\circ \pm 8^\circ$. In contrast…

Probing the emission geometry of the X-ray pulsar 2S 1417$-$624 during a weak outburst with NICER, IXPE, and NuSTAR
Menglei Zhou, Pengju Wang, Honghui Liu, Lorenzo Ducci, Sergey S. Tsygankov, Qingchang Zhao, Juri Poutanen, Long Ji, Valery F. Suleimanov, Alexander A. Mushtukov, Qi Liu, Camille M. Diez, Luis Abalo Rodr\'iguez, Victoria Grinberg, Andrea Santangelo

Probing the emission geometry of the X-ray pulsar 2S 1417$-$624 during a weak outburst with NICER, IXPE, and NuSTAR
We report results from a multi-mission observational campaign of the transient X-ray pulsar 2S~1417$-$624 during its 2025 outburst, using data from NICER, IXPE, and NuSTAR. Phase-averaged and phase-resolved spectroscopy with NICER and NuSTAR reveal that a typical power-law model with a high-energy cut-off well describes the broadband spectra. Several spectral parameters, however, show clear and systematic modulations with pulse phase, indicating variations in the physical conditions of the emit…

"Total Victory": Gericht weist Google-Berufung im Epic-Rechtsstreit zurück
Googles Berufung gegen die Jury-Entscheidung im App-Store-Streit mit Epic Games wurde abgewiesen. Nun könnten die Konsequenzen real werden.

Naughty, naughty.
Jury finds Meta / Facebook guilty of eavesdropping.
#privacy #law

Meta Eavesdropped On Period-Tracker App's Users, Jury Rules - Slashdot
A San Francisco jury ruled that Meta violated the California Invasion of Privacy Act by collecting sensitive data from users of the Flo period-tracking app without consent. "The plaintiff's lawyers who sued Meta are calling this a 'landmark' victory -- the tech company contends that the jury got it ...

Jeg har gået en lang tur rundt i den ældre del af Birmingham her til eftermiddag - jeg havde glemt hvor mange smukke steder her er. På tilbagevejen lå der lykkeligvis en fin, lille café hvor jeg kunne hygge mig med kage og cappuccino 😊

Vor etwas mehr als einem Jahr hat sie die Tennis International Darmstadt in Bessungen gewonnen. Nun geht ihre Karriere wie eine Rakete ab:
Tennis-Talent Victoria Mboko sorgt gegen Naomi Osaka für Überraschung: „Nie gedacht“ #FAZ #Mboko

'No moral victories' for Cowboys in Brian Schottenheimer's head coaching debut https://www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/id/46185166/nfl-dallas-cowboys-brian-schottenheimer-ceedee-lamb-dak-prescott

Donald Trump, along with his two eldest sons, Eric and Donald Jr., formed a series of partnerships, with investors who were willing to bank on his victory, especially in cryptocurrency
Once Mr. Trump won the presidency in November, that approach kicked into overdrive.
His family business announced numerous new deals that would financially benefit Mr. Trump directly,
-- even as he made policy decisions that affected those industries or that involved countries in which the Uni…

Trump’s Finances Were Shaky. Then He Began to Capitalize on His Comeback.
Contrary to the president’s assertions, records filed in a fraud case against him suggest that his riches were not the product of a steady and strong empire.

Everyone else is focused on the murder verdict. The Beeb, OTOH, wrings its hands over how the colonials fucked up a beef wellington. 🙄 https://flipboard.com/@bbcnews/world-c8sqdvr9z/-/a-Wojqa9t9RlSvQeKqSM8hKg:a:3199692-/0

Pictures of beef Wellington used in mushroom murders released by court
Pictures showing the toxic mushrooms and deadly beef Wellington at the centre of Australian woman Erin Patterson's murder trial have been released by a court. Patterson, 50, was found guilty by a jury of murdering three relatives with a fatal family meal in the small Victorian town of Morwell on 29 …

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