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High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics
2023-11-09
Murray Brightman , Raffaella Margutti , Ava Polzin , Amruta Jaodand , Kenta Hotokezaka , Jason A. J. Alford , Gregg Hallinan , Elias Kammoun , Kunal Mooley , Megan Masterson , Lea Marcotulli , Arne Rau , George A. Younes , Daniel Stern , Javier A. García , Kristin Madsen
The recent launch of Einstein Probe (EP) in early 2024 opened up a new window onto the transient X-ray sky, allowing for real-time discovery and follow-up of fast X-ray transients (FXRTs). Multi-wavelength observations of FXRTs and their…