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GX 339-4: back to life

Astrophysics 2007-05-23 v1

Abstract

We report preliminary results of a RossiXTE campaign on the 2002 outburst of the black-hole candidate GX 339-4. We show power density spectra of five observations during the early phase of the outburst. The first four power spectra show a smooth transition between a Low State and a Very High State. The fifth power spectrum resembles a High State, but a strong 6 Hz QPO appears suddenly within 16 seconds.

Cite

@article{arxiv.astro-ph/0208130,
  title  = {GX 339-4: back to life},
  author = {T. Belloni and E. Nespoli and J. Homan and M. van der Klis and W. H. G. Lewin and J. M. Miller and M. Mendez},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:astro-ph/0208130},
  year   = {2007}
}

Comments

3 pages, 3 figures; to appear in Proceedings of the 4th Microquasar Workshop, eds. Ph Durouchoux, Y. Fuchs and J. Rodriguez, published by the Center for Space Physics: Kolkata

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