The modulated emission of the ultraluminous X-ray source in NGC 3379

Astrophysical Journal

Volumn 650, Issue 2 I, 2006, Pages 879-884

  Fabbiano, G ^a   Kim, D W ^a   Fragos, T ^b   Kalogera, V ^b   King, A R ^c   Angelini, L ^d   Davies, R L ^e   Gallagher, J S ^f   Pellegrini, S ^g   Trinchieri, G ^h   Zepf, S E ⁱ   Zezas, A ^a  

^a HARVARD SMITHSONIAN CENTER FOR ASTROPHYSICS   (United States)

^b NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

^d NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^f UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^g UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

^h INAF IASF MILANO   (Italy)

ⁱ MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Galaxies: individual (NGC 3379); X rays: binaries

Indexed keywords

EID: 33845239000     PISSN: 0004637X     EISSN: 15384357     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/507018     Document Type: Article

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