First superburst from a classical low-mass X-ray binary transient

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Volumn 479, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 177-188

  Keek, L ^a,b   In 'T Zand, J J M ^a,b   Kuulkers, E ^c   Cumming, A ^d   Brown, E F ^e   Suzuki, M ^f  

^a SRON NETHERLANDS INSTITUTE FOR SPACE RESEARCH   (Netherlands)

^b UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^c EUROPEAN SPACE AGENCY   (Spain)

^d MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^e MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^f JAPAN AEROSPACE EXPLORATION AGENCY   (Japan)

Author keywords

X rays: binaries; X rays: bursts; X rays: individuals: 4U 1608 522

Indexed keywords

RADIATION EFFECTS; X RAYS;

BINARIES; EDDINGTON LIMIT; RADIATION ENERGY; SUPERBURST LIGHT CURVE;

STARS;

EID: 38849147679     PISSN: 00046361     EISSN: 14320746     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1051/0004-6361:20078464     Document Type: Article

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