First detection of a type-I X-ray burst from the transient Z source XTE J1701-462

Authors
  • J. Swank
  • E. Smith
  • D. Pereira
  • C. Markwardt
Publication date 2007
Journal The astronomer's telegram
Volume | Issue number 1144
Pages (from-to) 1
Organisations
  • Faculty of Science (FNWI) - Anton Pannekoek Institute for Astronomy (API)
Abstract We report the first detection of a short type-I X-ray burst from the transient Z source XTE J1701-462 (Homan et al. 2007, ApJ, 656, 420). The detection was made with the RXTE/PCA in an observation that started on July 17 2007 12:18 UTC. A preliminary analysis showed that the burst reached a maximum bolometric black body flux of ~2.2e-8 ergs/cm^2/s (kT~2.1 keV, assuming an Nh of 2e22 atoms/cm^2) and had an exponential decay time of ~4.5 sec.
Document type Article
Published at http://adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2007ATel.1144....1H
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