A comparison of the variability of the symbiotic X-ray binaries GX 1+4, 4U 1954+31, and 4U 1700+24 from Swift BAT and RXTE ASM observations

Astrophysical Journal

Volumn 675, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 1424-1435

  Corbet, R H D ^a,b   Sokoloski, J L ^c   Mukai, K ^a,b   Markwardt, C B ^a,d   Tueller, J ^a  

^a NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND BALTIMORE COUNTY   (United States)

^c Howard Hughes Medical Institute   (United States)

^d University of Maryland   (United States)

Author keywords

Binaries: symbiotic; Stars: neutron; X rays: binaries

Indexed keywords

EID: 41049100255     PISSN: 0004637X     EISSN: 15384357     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/526337     Document Type: Article

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