Detection of coherent millisecond pulsations at ~518 Hz in the LMXB Swift J1749.4-2807 (GRB060602B)

Altamirano, D.; Wijnands, R.; van der Klis, M.; Patruno, A.; Watts, A.; Armas Padilla, M.; Cavecchi, Y.; Degenaar, N.; Kalamkar, M.; Kaur, R.; Yang, Y. J.; Casella, P.; Linares, M.; Soleri, P.; Rea, N.
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The Astronomer's Telegram, #2565

Fecha de publicación:
4
2010
Número de autores
15
Número de autores del IAC
0
Número de citas
10
Número de citas referidas
9
Descripción
On April 10th, it was discovered (ATel #2548) using INTEGRAL that the neutron-star X-ray binary Swift J1749.4-2807 (Wijnands et al. 2009, MNRAS, 393, 126) was again in outburst. Using follow-up Swift and INTEGRAL observations the source activity was confirmed (ATel #2548 and #2561). On April 14th, 2010 (20:58:00 UT), RXTE performed a pointed observation of Swift J1749.4-2807. The observation lasted for about 1.6 ksec, at a background-corrected count rate of ~30 cts/sec/PCU (2 PCUs were active during this observation) in the 2-16 keV range.