BeppoSAX observations of a new X-ray burster in the Galactic Center region, possibly coincident with a recurrent transient

1998/07/06 by L. Sidoli, Sidoli, L., S. Mereghetti +9
Earth and Planetary Sciences · Engineering · Physics and Astronomy · #Astrophysical Phenomena and Observations #Astrophysics (astro-ph) #FOS: Physical sciences #High-pressure geophysics and materials #Mechanics and Biomechanics Studies #astro-ph

paper · pdf · doi:10.48550/arxiv.astro-ph/9807054

4 pages, 5 figures. Using s-tables.tex macro. Accepted for publication in A&A Letters. Title change and references updated

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Abstract

We report BeppoSAX NFI observations of the X-ray source SAX~J1747.0--2853 recently discovered in the region of the Galactic Center. The presence of type I X-ray bursts indicates that this source, positionally coincident with the transient GX~0.2--0.2 observed in 1976, is a neutron star accreting from a low mass companion.

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