Sigma observations of the low mass X-ray binaries of the galactic bulge

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Bursts, Galactic Bulge, Light Curve, Novae, Pulsars, Stellar Mass, X Ray Astronomy, X Ray Binaries, Astronomical Spectroscopy, Gamma Ray Telescopes, Globular Clusters, Periodic Variations, Spaceborne Astronomy, Spaceborne Telescopes

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The soft gamma-ray telescope (35-1300 keV) SIGMA aboard the high energy GRANAT space observatory has been monitoring the Galactic Bulge region for more than 2000 h of effective time since March 1990. In the resulting average 35-75 keV image we detected ten sources at a level of greater than 5 standard deviations, 6 of which can be identified with low mass X-ray binaries (LMXB). Among them, one is the 1993 X-ray nova in Ophiuchus (GRS 1726-249), one is an X-ray pulsar (GX 1+4), two are associated with X-ray bursters (GX 354-0 and A 1742-294) and two with bursting X-ray binaries in the globular clusters Terzan 2 and Terzan 1. Their spectral and long term variability behavior as measured by SIGMA are presented and discussed.

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