X-ray rebrightening of the Be/X-ray transient Swift J0243.6+6124
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| Publication date | 09-04-2018 |
| Journal | The astronomer's telegram |
| Volume | Issue number | 11517 |
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| Abstract | Swift J0243.6+6124 is a Be/X-ray transient that was discovered in October 2017 when it started a giant, type-II outburst (Atel #10809, Atel #10822). After reaching the peak around November 5th 2017, the source luminosity started to decay slowly over & sim;135 days, although the decay rate increased significantly around two weeks ago. To investigate how exactly the source would decay and potentially transit back into quiescence, we triggered a monitoring program (PI: Degenaar) on the system using the Neil Gehrels Swift observatory (Swift). |
| Document type | Article |
| Language | English |
| Published at | http://www.astronomerstelegram.org/?read=11517 |
| Other links | http://adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2018ATel11517....1 |
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