Observations of the X-ray Burster MX 0836-42 by the INTEGRAL and RXTE Orbiting Observatories

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2005-10-22

arxiv.org/abs/astro-ph/0510667v1

Astron.Lett.31:681-694,2005; Pisma Astron.Zh.31:764-779,2005

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astrophysics

22 pages, 6 figures

Scientific paper

10.1134/1.2075311

We present the results of our study of the emission from the transient burster MX 0836-42 using its observations by the INTEGRAL and RXTE X-ray and gamma-ray observatories in the period 2003-2004. The source's broadband X-ray spectrum in the energy range 3-120 keV has been obtained and investigated for the first time. We have detected 39 X-ray bursts from this source. Their analysis shows that the maximum 3-20 keV flux varies significantly from burst to burst, F ~ (0.5-1.5)x10^{-8} erg cm^{-2} s^{-1}. Using the flux at the maximum of the brightest detected burst, we determined an upper limit for the distance to the source, D ~ 8 kpc.

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