X-ray monitoring of optical novae in M 31 from July 2004 to February 2005

2006/12/20 by W. Pietsch, F. Haberl, G. Sala +10 · 3 citations
Physics and Astronomy · #Archaeology #Astronomy #Astrophysical Phenomena and Observations #Astrophysics #Astrophysics and Cosmic Phenomena #Context (archaeology) #Galaxy #History #Physics #Pulsars and Gravitational Waves Research #ROSAT #astro-ph

paper · pdf · doi:10.1051/0004-6361:20066812

27 pages, 8 figures, Table A.1 and A.2 available at CDS or from http://www.mpe.mpg.de/~m31novae/opt/m31/index.php

arxiv created 2006/12/20 · openalex publication_date 2007/01/02 · arxiv updated 2009/12/01 · openalex created_date 2025/10/10 · openalex updated_date 2026/08/05

Abstract

Context.Optical novae have recently been identified as the major class of supersoft X-ray sources in M 31 based on ROSAT and early XMM-Newton and Chandra observations.

Citations

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