Faint Neutron Star Soft X-Ray Transients in Quiescence

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Sep 2002

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Chandra Proposal ID #04400159

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Chandra Proposal Id #04400159

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It has been proposed that the magnetic fields of faint soft X-ray transients (SXTs) are not buried by the accreted matter. This would explain why SAX J1808.4-3658 shows pulsations and brighter SXTs don't. So far the only property separating SAX J1808.4-3658 from other SXTs is its low quiescent luminosity. Therefore, a quiescent luminosity as low as that of SAX J1808.4-3658 may be the tell-tale sign of systems showing pulsations when matter is accreting. We propose to obtain ACIS-S observations of two faint SXTs in quiescence. These observations will show whether the quiescent luminosity of the faint neutron star SXTs is indeed lower than those of bright neutron star SXTs such as e.g. Cen X-4. To achieve this the low interstellar absorption toward the selected sources is important.

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