Weekly Update from the Open Journal of Astrophysics – 01/11/2025

It’s time once again for the usual Saturday update of the week’s new papers at the Open Journal of Astrophysics (although a bit later in the day than usual). Since the last update we have published another two papers, which brings the number in Volume 8 (2025) up to 163, and the total so far published by OJAp up to 398.

The first paper this week is “Instability and vertical eccentricity variation in global hydrodynamic disk simulations” by Janosz W Dewberry (U. Mass. Amherst, USA), Henrik N. Latter and Gordon I. Ogilvie (U. Cambridge, UK) and Sebastien Fromang (U. Paris Saclay, France). This article was published in the folder Solar and Stellar Astrophysics on Tuesday 28th October 2025; it discusses the instabilities and eccentricity variations generated in numerical hydrodynamic simulations of accretion disks.

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You can find the officially accepted version on arXiv here.

The Fediverse announcement is here:

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New Publication at the Open Journal of Astrophysics: "Instability and vertical eccentricity variation in global hydrodynamic disk simulations" by Janosz W Dewberry (U. Mass. Amherst, USA), Henrik N Latter and Gordon I Ogilvie (U. Cambridge, UK) & Sebastien Fromang (U. Paris Saclay, France)

https://doi.org/10.33232/001c.146332

October 28, 2025, 9:43 am 2 boosts 0 favorites

The second (and last) paper of the week is “Fast X-ray Transient Detection with AXIS: application to Magnetar Giant Flares” by Michela Negro (Louisiana State University, USA) and 8 others based in the USA and Canada. This one was also published on Tuesday 28th October, but in the folder High-Energy Astrophysical Phenomena. It presents a feasibility study of detecting Magnetar Giant Flares with the Advanced X-ray Imaging Satellite (AXIS). The overlay is here:

You can find the official version of this one on arXiv here. The announcement on Mastodon is here:

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New Publication at the Open Journal of Astrophysics: "Fast X-ray Transient Detection with AXIS: application to Magnetar Giant Flares" by Michela Negro (Louisiana State University, USA) and 8 others based in the USA and Canada

https://doi.org/10.33232/001c.146360

October 28, 2025, 10:02 am 1 boosts 1 favorites

It being a relatively slow week we didn’t reach the 400 mark as I thought we might, but we will probably get there next week. After 10 months of the year 2025, in which we have published 163 papers, a rough projection for the 2025 total is 195. We do have some extra papers up our sleeve, however, so we might well reach 200 for the year. We will find out soon enough!

#accretionDisks #AdvancedXRayImagingSatelliteAXIS_ #arXiv250903763v2 #arXiv251022381v1 #DiamondOpenAccessPublishing #HighEnergyAstrophysicalPhenomena #Magnetars #OpenAccessPublishing #OpenJournalOfAstrophysics #SolarAndStellarAstrophysics #TheOpenJournalOfAstrophysics #XRayAstronomy

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𝗡𝗲𝘄 𝘁𝗶𝗺𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘀𝗼𝗹𝘂𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗔𝗦𝗞𝗔𝗣 𝗝𝟭𝟴𝟯𝟮-𝟬𝟵𝟭𝟭

P = 2652 s (44 min) & Pdot ≈ 1.9×10⁻⁷
Implies B ≈ 2×10¹⁶ G—far above the slow-magnetar branch
20 radio + 27 NICER bursts, χ²ᵣ = 0.9

Paper & TOA table here ▶️ https://zenodo.org/records/15848242/files/J1832_paper.pdf?download=1

#Magnetars #Pulsars #Timing

IXPE obtains first X-ray polarization measurement of magnetar outburst

What happens when the universe's most magnetic object shines with the power of 1000 suns in a matter of seconds? Thanks to NASA's IXPE (Imaging X‑ray Polarimetry Explorer), a mission in collaboration with ASI (Italian Space Agency), scientists are one step closer to understanding this extreme event.

Phys.org

New cosmic twist: magnetar flares may be responsible for creating gold, platinum, and other heavy elements in the universe. #Magnetars #CosmicAlchemy #HeavyElements

https://geekoo.news/magnetar-flares-may-forge-the-universes-heaviest-elements/

Magnetar Flares May Forge the Universe’s Heaviest Elements | Geekoo

Flares from ultra-magnetized neutron stars, or magnetars, may be key contributors to the universe’s supply of heavy elements like gold and platinum, according to a new study from Ohio State University.

Geekoo

#Magnetare:

Neue #Goldquelle in alten Daten entdeckt.

Ein Ausbruch eines #Magnetars, aufgezeichnet vor 20 Jahren, beinhaltete ein Signal, das nun als #Nukleosynthese verstanden wird. Dabei entstehen schwere Elemente wie #Gold und #Platin.

Ein Forschungsteam aus den USA konnte den r-Prozess, der bereits vor 70 Jahren zumindest theoretisiert wurde, in einem aufgezeichneten Ausbruch eines Magnetars nachweisen.

https://www.golem.de/news/magnetare-neue-goldquelle-in-alten-daten-entdeckt-2505-195925.html

Magnetare: Neue Goldquelle in alten Daten entdeckt - Golem.de

Ein Ausbruch eines Magnetars, aufgezeichnet vor 20 Jahren, beinhaltete ein Signal, das nun als Nukleosynthese verstanden wird. Dabei entstehen schwere Elemente wie Gold und Platin.

Golem.de

(01 May) The Universe’s Gold May Come From a Totally Unexpected Kind of Star

A forgotten flare from a dead star could explain how the early cosmos got its bling.

https://s.faithcollapsing.com/ke1ex
Archive: ais: https://archive.md/wip/WVYTU ia: https://s.faithcollapsing.com/c970z

#magnetars #nasa #neutron-stars #space-&-spaceflight

The Universe's Gold May Come From a Totally Unexpected Kind of Star

A forgotten flare from a dead star could explain how the early cosmos got its bling.

Gizmodo
(01 May) The Universe’s Gold May Come From a Totally Unexpected Kind of Star https://s.faithcollapsing.com/ke1ex Archive: ais: https://archive.md/wip/WVYTU ia: https://s.faithcollapsing.com/c970z #magnetars #nasa #neutron-stars #space-&-spaceflight
The Universe's Gold May Come From a Totally Unexpected Kind of Star

A forgotten flare from a dead star could explain how the early cosmos got its bling.

Gizmodo
Where Does Gold Come From? NASA Data Has Clues

Since the big bang, the early universe had hydrogen, helium, and a scant amount of lithium. Later, some heavier elements, including iron, were forged in

NASA Science
NASA’s Hubble Tracks a Roaming Magnetar of Unknown Origin

Researchers using NASA’s Hubble discovered the magnetar called SGR 0501+4516 is traversing our galaxy from an unknown place of origin.

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