Continuing flux decay of HETE J1900.1-2455 as observed with Swift/XRT

Authors
  • J. Homan
  • D. Chakrabarty
  • S. Campana
  • J. Miller
  • E. Cackett
Publication date 2007
Journal The astronomer's telegram
Volume | Issue number 1091
Pages (from-to) 1
Organisations
  • Faculty of Science (FNWI) - Anton Pannekoek Institute for Astronomy (API)
Abstract Galloway et al. (2007; ATEL #1086) reported that the X-ray luminosity of the accreting millisecond pulsar HETE J1900.1-2455 exhibited a steady decay between 14 and 27 May, and suggested that the source may be finally returning to quiescence after an outburst of ~2 years. A similar declined was seen in the optical flux of the source (ATEL #1090). To follow the X-ray luminosity and spectral behavior of the source, we observed it with Swift/XRT during a ~1 ksec exposure performed on May 31, 2007 (00:02-00:18 UT).
Document type Article
Published at http://adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2007ATel.1091....1D
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