The Discovery of an Outburst and Pulsed X-ray Flux from SMC X-2 from RXTE Observations

Rossi X-ray Timing Explorer All Sky Monitor observations of SMC X-2 show that the source experienced an outburst in January to April 2000 reaching a peak luminosity of greater than ~10^38 ergs s^-1. RXTE Proportional Counter Array observations during this outburst reveal the presence of pulsations w...

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Autores principales: Corbet, R H D, Marshall, F E, Coe, M J, Laycock, S, Handler, G
Lenguaje:eng
Publicado: 2001
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Astrophysics and Astronomy
Acceso en línea:https://dx.doi.org/10.1086/318929
http://cds.cern.ch/record/478119
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author Corbet, R H D
Marshall, F E
Coe, M J
Laycock, S
Handler, G
author_facet Corbet, R H D
Marshall, F E
Coe, M J
Laycock, S
Handler, G
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description Rossi X-ray Timing Explorer All Sky Monitor observations of SMC X-2 show that the source experienced an outburst in January to April 2000 reaching a peak luminosity of greater than ~10^38 ergs s^-1. RXTE Proportional Counter Array observations during this outburst reveal the presence of pulsations with a 2.37s period. However, optical photometry of the optical counterpart showed the source to be still significantly fainter than it was more than half a year after the outburst in the 1970s when SMC X-2 was discovered.
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spelling cern-4781192019-09-30T06:29:59Zdoi:10.1086/318929http://cds.cern.ch/record/478119engCorbet, R H DMarshall, F ECoe, M JLaycock, SHandler, GThe Discovery of an Outburst and Pulsed X-ray Flux from SMC X-2 from RXTE ObservationsAstrophysics and AstronomyRossi X-ray Timing Explorer All Sky Monitor observations of SMC X-2 show that the source experienced an outburst in January to April 2000 reaching a peak luminosity of greater than ~10^38 ergs s^-1. RXTE Proportional Counter Array observations during this outburst reveal the presence of pulsations with a 2.37s period. However, optical photometry of the optical counterpart showed the source to be still significantly fainter than it was more than half a year after the outburst in the 1970s when SMC X-2 was discovered.astro-ph/0011418oai:cds.cern.ch:4781192001
spellingShingle Astrophysics and Astronomy
Corbet, R H D
Marshall, F E
Coe, M J
Laycock, S
Handler, G
The Discovery of an Outburst and Pulsed X-ray Flux from SMC X-2 from RXTE Observations
title The Discovery of an Outburst and Pulsed X-ray Flux from SMC X-2 from RXTE Observations
title_full The Discovery of an Outburst and Pulsed X-ray Flux from SMC X-2 from RXTE Observations
title_fullStr The Discovery of an Outburst and Pulsed X-ray Flux from SMC X-2 from RXTE Observations
title_full_unstemmed The Discovery of an Outburst and Pulsed X-ray Flux from SMC X-2 from RXTE Observations
title_short The Discovery of an Outburst and Pulsed X-ray Flux from SMC X-2 from RXTE Observations
title_sort discovery of an outburst and pulsed x-ray flux from smc x-2 from rxte observations
topic Astrophysics and Astronomy
url https://dx.doi.org/10.1086/318929
http://cds.cern.ch/record/478119
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