Discovery of a transient X-ray source in the compact stellar nucleus of NGC 2403

Astrophysical Journal

Volumn 664, Issue 1 I, 2007, Pages 277-283

  Yukita, Mihoko ^a   Swartz, Douglas A ^b   Soria, Roberto ^c   Tennant, Allyn F ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA IN HUNTSVILLE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITIES SPACE RESEARCH ASSOCIATION   (United States)

^c HARVARD SMITHSONIAN CENTER FOR ASTROPHYSICS   (United States)

^d NASA MARSHALL SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Galaxies: evolution; Galaxies: individual (NGC 2403); Galaxies: nuclei; Galaxies: star clusters; X rays: binaries; X rays: galaxies

Indexed keywords

EID: 34547700206     PISSN: 0004637X     EISSN: 15384357     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/518237     Document Type: Article

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