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Swift-XRT detects X-ray burst from Circinus X-1

Authors :
Linares, M.
Soleri, P.
Altamirano, D.
Armas-Padilla, M.
Cavecchi, Y.
Degenaar, N.
Kalamkar, M.
Kaur, R.
Klis, M.
Patruno, A.
Watts, A.
Wijnands, R.
Yang, Y.
Piergiorgio Casella
Rea, N.
Chakrabarty, D.
Homan, J.
High Energy Astrophys. & Astropart. Phys (API, FNWI)
Astronomy
Source :
NASA Astrophysics Data System, The astronomer's telegram, 2651, The Astronomer's Telegram, 2651

Abstract

Following the recent re-brightening (ATel #2608) and RXTE-PCA detection of X-ray bursts from the peculiar X-ray binary Cir X-1 between May 15 and 25 (ATel #2643), we obtained a series of Swift-XRT observations of the field (see also ATel #2650). Swift-XRT detected an X-ray burst on 2010-05-28 at 12:08:19 UTC, which lasted about 60 seconds and had a FRED profile, typical of type I X-ray bursts.

Subjects

Subjects :
X-ray
Binaries
Neutron Stars

Details

Database :
OpenAIRE
Journal :
NASA Astrophysics Data System, The astronomer's telegram, 2651, The Astronomer's Telegram, 2651
Accession number :
edsair.dedup.wf.001..19dae8e867b34914443a23c1c780eddd