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We analyzed optical/X-ray quasi-simultaneous light curves of Aql X-1, obtained by MAXI (Monitor of All-sky X-ray Image), ZTF (Zwicky Transient Facility) and LCO (Las Cumbres Observatory) in about 3.6 years from 2016, for understanding…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2024-07-08 Masafumi Niwano , Katsuhiro L. Murata , Naohiro Ito , Yoichi Yatsu , Nobuyuki Kawai

Aql X-1 is the prototypical low mass X-ray binary transient. The Rossi X-ray Timing Explorer All Sky Monitor provided a ~16 yr coverage revealing 20 outbursts. This is by far the most extensive legacy of outbursts from the same source. We…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2015-06-15 S. Campana , F. Coti Zelati , P. D'Avanzo

We present the X-ray light curves of the last two outbursts --2014 & 2016-- of the well known accreting millisecond X-ray pulsar (AMXP) Aquila X-1 using the monitor of all sky X-ray image (MAXI) observations in the $2-20$ keV band. After…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2017-04-11 Can Güngör , Kazım Yavuz Ekşi , Ersin Göğüş

We study the 2018 outburst of Aql X-1 via the monitor of all sky X-ray image (MAXI) data. We show that the outburst starting in February 2018 is a member of short-low class in the frame of outburst duration and the peak count rate although…

We present the results of detailed analysis of X-ray data in 3-20 keV range from a ~70 day outburst of the neutron star transient Aquila X-1 during September-November 2000. Optical monitoring with the YALO 1m telescope was used to trigger…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-10 D. Maitra , C. D. Bailyn

With our neutron star crust cooling code {\tt NSCool} we track the thermal evolution of the neutron star in Aql X-1 over the full accretion outburst history from 1996 until 2015. For the first time, we model many outbursts (23 outbursts…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2018-04-09 Laura S. Ootes , Rudy Wijnands , Dany Page , Nathalie Degenaar

We present results of a comprehensive analysis of the X-ray pulsar X Persei over the period 1996 to 2011, encompassing the quite low state and subsequent strong outburst activity. Using data from the RXTE and Swift observatories we detected…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2015-06-04 A. Lutovinov , S. Tsygankov , M. Chernyakova

We present optical and near-IR (OIR) observations of the major outbursts of the neutron star soft X-ray transient binary system Aquila X-1, from summer 1998 -- fall 2007. The major outbursts of the source over the observed timespan seem to…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-13 Dipankar Maitra , Charles D. Bailyn

We present optical spectroscopy and optical and infrared photometry of the neutron star soft X-ray transient Aql X--1 during its X-ray outburst of August 1997. By modelling the X-ray, optical, and IR light curves, we find a 3 day delay…

We present results from 16 snapshots of Aql X-1 with RXTE during the rising phase of its recent outburst. The observations were carried out at a typical rate of once or twice per day. The source shows interesting spectral evolution during…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-10-30 Wei Cui , Didier Barret , S. N. Zhang , Wan Chen , Laurence Boirin , Jean Swank

The RXTE All Sky Monitor provides a public database that includes more than one year of X-ray monitoring observations (2-12 keV) of X-ray binaries and a few active galactic nuclei. The instrument operates with a 40% duty cycle, and the…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-09-25 Ronald A. Remillard , Alan M. Levine

X-ray observations of neutron star (NS) low mass X-ray binaries (LMXBs) are useful to probe physical processes close to the NS and to constrain source parameters. Aql X-1 is a transient NS LMXB which frequently undergoes outbursts provides…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2024-07-12 Karthik Gananath Putha , Yash Bhargava , Sudip Bhattacharyya

We analyzed the initial rising behaviors of X-ray outbursts from two transient low-mass X-ray binaries (LMXBs) containing a neutron-star (NS), Aql X-1 and 4U 1608-52, which are continuously being monitored by MAXI/GSC in 2--20 keV, RXTE/ASM…

We report on the spectral analysis of RXTE and INTEGRAL data of the 2005 April outburst of the transient Atoll source Aql X-1. Although this outburst is one of the faintest ever detected for this source in the soft X-rays (RXTE/ASM), one of…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-11 Jerome Rodriguez , Simon E. Shaw , Stephane Corbel

Aql X-1 is one of the best-studied neutron star low-mass X-ray binaries. It was previously targeted using quasi-simultaneous radio and X-ray observations during at least 7 different accretion outbursts. Such observations allow us to probe…

We have performed a statistical study of the properties of 110 bright X-ray outbursts in 36 low-mass X-ray binary transients (LMXBTs) seen with the All-Sky Monitor (2--12 keV) on board the {\it Rossi X-ray Timing Explorer} ({\it RXTE}) in…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2015-05-27 Zhen Yan , Wenfei Yu

Aql X--1 is one of the most prolific low mass X-ray binary transients (LMXBTs) showing outbursts almost annually. We present the results of our spectral analyses of RXTE/PCA observations of the 2000 and the 2011 outbursts. We investigate…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2017-10-09 Can Güngör , Kazım Yavuz Ekşi , Ersin Göğüş , Tolga Güver

Aql X-1 is the most prolific low mass X-ray binary transient hosting a neutron star. In this paper we focus on the return to quiescence following the 2010 outburst of the source. This decay was monitored thanks to 11 pointed observations…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2015-06-19 S. Campana , F. Brivio , N. Degenaar , S. Mereghetti , R. Wijnands , P. D'Avanzo , G. L. Israel , L. Stella

Rossi X-ray Timing Explorer All Sky Monitor observations of SMC X-2 show that the source experienced an outburst in January to April 2000 reaching a peak luminosity of greater than ~10^38 ergs s^-1. RXTE Proportional Counter Array…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-10-31 R. H. D. Corbet , F. E. Marshall , M. J. Coe , S. Laycock , G. Handler

We describe the evolutionary progression of an outburst of the Rapid Burster. Four outbursts have been observed with the Rossi X-Ray Timing Explorer between February 1996 and May 1998, and our observations are consistent with a standard…

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