Spectral and temporal properties of RX J0520.5-6932 (LXP 8.04) during a type-I outburst

2014/05/28 by Georgios Vasilopoulos, G. Vasilopoulos, Frank Haberl +7 · 1 citation
Physics and Astronomy · #Astronomy and Astrophysical Research #Astrophysical Phenomena and Observations #Pulsars and Gravitational Waves Research #astro-ph.HE

paper · pdf · doi:10.1051/0004-6361/201423934

published as A&A 567, A129 (2014) · 10 pages, 9 figures, accepted A&A

arxiv created 2014/05/28 · openalex publication_date 2014/06/23 · arxiv updated 2014/09/05 · openalex created_date 2016/06/24 · openalex updated_date 2026/08/05

Abstract

Aims. We observed RX J0520.5-6932 in the X-rays and studied the optical light curve of its counterpart to verify it as a Be/X-ray binary.

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