A Strong X-Ray Burst from the Low Mass X-Ray Binary EXO0748-676

Details A Strong X-Ray Burst from the Low Mass X-Ray Binary EXO0748-676 A Strong X-Ray Burst from the Low Mass X-Ray Binary EXO0748-676

2005-06-21

arxiv.org/abs/astro-ph/0506515v1

Astrophys.J.632:1099-1103,2005

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astrophysics

15 pages including 2 figures and 1 table. Accepted for publication in the Astrophysical Journal

Scientific paper

10.1086/444348

We have observed an unusually strong X-ray burst as a part of our regular eclipse timing observations of the low mass binary system EXO0748-676. The burst peak flux was 5.2x10^-8 ergs cm^-2 s^-1, approximately five times the normal peak X-ray burst flux observed from this source by RXTE. Spectral fits to the data strongly suggest that photospheric radius expansion occurred during the burst. In this Letter we examine the properties of this X-ray burst, which is the first example of a radius expansion burst from EXO0748-676 observed by RXTE. We find no evidence for coherent burst oscillations. Assuming that the peak burst luminosity is the Eddington luminosity for a 1.4 solar mass neutron star we derive a distance to EXO0748-676 of 7.7 kpc for a helium-dominated burst photosphere and 5.9 kpc for a hydrogen-dominated burst photosphere.

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