SAX J1810.8-2609: an X-ray bursting transient

M. Cocchi; A. Bazzano; L. Natalucci; P. Ubertini; J. Heise; J. M. Muller; M. J. S. Smith; J. J. M. in 't Zand

SAX J1810.8-2609: an X-ray bursting transient

Astrophysics 2007-05-23 v1

Authors: M. Cocchi , A. Bazzano , L. Natalucci , P. Ubertini , J. Heise , J. M. Muller , M. J. S. Smith , J. J. M. in 't Zand

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Abstract

We report on the BeppoSAX/WFC observation of a strong type-I X-ray burst from the recently discovered transient source SAX J1810.8-2609. The observed event showed evidence of photospheric radius expansion due to super-Eddington burst luminosity. Burst detection identifies the source as a probable low-mass X-ray binary harbouring a neutron star.

Keywords

X-ray bursts transient sources SAX J1810.8-2609 BeppoSAX neutron star low-mass X-ray binary

Cite

@article{arxiv.astro-ph/9901230,
  title  = {SAX J1810.8-2609: an X-ray bursting transient},
  author = {M. Cocchi and A. Bazzano and L. Natalucci and P. Ubertini and J. Heise and J. M. Muller and M. J. S. Smith and J. J. M. in 't Zand},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:astro-ph/9901230},
  year   = {2007}
}

Comments

4 pages, 3 figures, proc. 3rd INTEGRAL Workshop - Taormina 1998

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