Discovery of the neutron star nature of SLX 1737-282

Bibcode
2002A&A...389L..43I
DOI
10.1051/0004-6361:20020631
in't Zand, J. J. M.; Verbunt, F.; Kuulkers, E.; Markwardt, C. B.; Bazzano, A.; Cocchi, M.; Cornelisse, R.; Heise, J.; Natalucci, L.; Ubertini, P.
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Astronomy and Astrophysics, v.389, p.L43-L46 (2002)

Fecha de publicación:
7
2002
Revista
Astronomy and Astrophysics
Número de autores
10
Número de autores del IAC
0
Número de citas
41
Número de citas referidas
32
Descripción
SLX 1737-282 is a persistent moderately bright X-ray source 1fdg2 from the Galactic center. X-ray observations with the Wide Field Cameras on BeppoSAX have for the first time revealed the true nature of SLX 1737-282: a 15 min long thermonuclear flash was detected exposing the source as a neutron star in a binary system. The flash was Eddington-limited constraining the distance to between 5 and 8 kpc. We analyze BeppoSAX, ROSAT, and RXTE data on SLX 1737-282. The persistent 0.5-200 keV luminosity is close to or less than 1% of the Eddington limit which implies a rarely-seen circumstance for thermonuclear flash activity.
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