The behavior of subluminous X-ray transients near the Galactic center as observed using the X-ray telescope aboard Swift

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Volumn 495, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 547-559

  Degenaar, N ^a   Wijnands, R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Accretion, accretion disks; Galaxy: center; Stars: evolution; Stars: neutron; X rays: binaries

Indexed keywords

DISKS (MACHINE COMPONENTS); DISKS (STRUCTURAL COMPONENTS); GALAXIES; LUMINANCE; NEUTRONS; OPTICAL TELESCOPES; SATELLITE OBSERVATORIES; SPACECRAFT EQUIPMENT; SPECTRUM ANALYSIS; SPECTRUM ANALYZERS; STARS; TRANSIENTS; X RAY OPTICS;

ACCRETION, ACCRETION DISKS; GALAXY: CENTER; STARS: EVOLUTION; STARS: NEUTRON; X-RAYS: BINARIES;

X RAYS;

EID: 61349195779     PISSN: 00046361     EISSN: 14320746     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1051/0004-6361:200810654     Document Type: Article

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