Teruaki Enoto

The XRISM telescope discovered that the wind from neutron star GX 13+1 is not fast but exceptionally dense and slow. This changes our understanding of how such outflows are born and their impact on galaxies.

The polarization of X-rays from a dead star with a monstrous magnetic field has been measured. It changes with energy as if the vacuum behaves like a crystal, bending light. This is the first direct evidence of a quantum effect predicted over 80 years ago.