Discovery of the shortest recurrence time between thermonuclear X-ray bursts

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Publication date 19-03-2009
Journal The astronomer's telegram
Volume | Issue number 1979
Organisations
  • Faculty of Science (FNWI) - Anton Pannekoek Institute for Astronomy (API)
Abstract An RXTE observation of 4U 1636-536 taken on March 10th, 2009, revealed two type I X-ray bursts from this well studied neutron star low-mass X- ray binary (NS-LMXB). The recurrence time (wait time) between the two events, 5.4 minutes, is the shortest observed in any NS-LMXB.
Document type Article
Note Discovery of the shortest recurrence time between thermonuclear X- ray bursts
Language English
Published at http://www.astronomerstelegram.org/?read=1979
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