Chandra Smells a RRAT: X-ray Detection of a Rotating Radio Transient

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2006-08-15

arxiv.org/abs/astro-ph/0608311v1

Astrophys.Space Sci.308:95-99,2007

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astrophysics

5 pages, 2 b/w figures, 1 color figure. To appear in the proceedings of "Isolated Neutron Stars", Astrophysics & Space Science

Scientific paper

10.1007/s10509-007-9352-8

"Rotating RAdio Transients" (RRATs) are a newly discovered astronomical phenomenon, characterised by occasional brief radio bursts, with average intervals between bursts ranging from minutes to hours. The burst spacings allow identification of periodicities, which fall in the range 0.4 to 7 seconds. The RRATs thus seem to be rotating neutron stars, albeit with properties very different from the rest of the population. We here present the serendipitous detection with the Chandra X-ray Observatory of a bright point-like X-ray source coincident with one of the RRATs. We discuss the temporal and spectral properties of this X-ray emission, consider counterparts in other wavebands, and interpret these results in the context of possible explanations for the RRAT population.

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