{ "id": "2409.07161", "version": "v1", "published": "2024-09-11T10:15:39.000Z", "updated": "2024-09-11T10:15:39.000Z", "title": "The IXPE View of Neutron Star Low-Mass X-ray Binaries", "authors": [ "Francesco Ursini", "Andrea Gnarini", "Fiamma Capitanio", "Anna Bobrikova", "Massimo Cocchi", "Alessandro Di Marco", "Sergio Fabiani", "Ruben Farinelli", "Fabio La Monaca", "John Rankin", "Mary Lynne Saade", "Juri Poutanen" ], "comment": "8 pages, 3 figures, invited review for the Special Issue X-ray Polarization: A New Era Begins", "categories": [ "astro-ph.HE", "astro-ph.SR" ], "abstract": "Low-mass X-ray binaries hosting weakly magnetized neutron stars (NS-LMXBs) are among the brightest sources in the X-ray sky. Since 2021, the Imaging X-ray Polarimetry Explorer (IXPE) has provided new measurements of the X-ray polarization of these sources. IXPE observations have revealed that most NS-LMXBs are significantly polarized in the X-rays, providing unprecedented insight into the geometry of their accretion flow. In this review paper, we summarize the first results obtained by IXPE on NS-LMXBs, the emerging trends within each class of sources (atoll/Z), and possible physical interpretations.", "revisions": [ { "version": "v1", "updated": "2024-09-11T10:15:39.000Z" } ], "analyses": { "keywords": [ "neutron star low-mass x-ray binaries", "ixpe view", "weakly magnetized neutron stars", "hosting weakly magnetized neutron", "x-ray binaries hosting" ], "tags": [ "review article" ], "note": { "typesetting": "TeX", "pages": 8, "language": "en", "license": "arXiv", "status": "editable" } } }