Swift and RXTE Observations of the Be/X-ray Binary Transient SWIFT J1626.6-5156

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Dec 2007

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American Astronomical Society, AAS Meeting #211, #03.40; Bulletin of the American Astronomical Society, Vol. 39, p.729

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The new Be/X-ray binary transient SWIFT J1626.6-5156 was discovered in outburst by the Swift Burst Alert Telescope (BAT) on 2005 December 18. Swift's Ultraviolet and Optical Telescope (UVOT) and X-ray Telescope (XRT) performed follow-up observations on 2006 January 12 and 2006 January 16, of about 4000s total observation time. An optical counterpart is clearly detected in all but the bluest of the UV and optical filters, within the XRT and Chandra 3.5" error circles of the fading X-ray source. We present the ultraviolet and optical photometry, including marginally significant evidence of an optical flux increase during the observing period, as the X-ray flux declines. We also investigate the properties of the broad-band spectrum of the system and briefly describe the long-term X-ray variability from RXTE/PCA monitoring observations.

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