Physics
Scientific paper
Dec 2010
adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=2010fym..confp..14r&link_type=abstract
"The First Year of MAXI: Monitoring Variable X-ray Sources", Poster Presentations, 4th International MAXI Workshop held November
Physics
Scientific paper
Swift is shedding new light on the phenomenon of Supergiant Fast X-ray Transients (SFXTs), a recently discovered class of High-Mass X-ray Binaries, whose optical counterparts are O or B supergiants, and whose X-ray outbursts are about 10,000 times brighter than their quiescent state. Thanks to its unique automatic fast-slewing and broad-band energy coverage, Swift is the only observatory which can detect outbursts from SFXTs from the very beginning and observe their evolution panchromatically. Taking advantage of Swift's scheduling flexibility, we have been able to regularly monitor a small sample of SFXTs with 2-3 observations per week (1-2 ks) for two years with the X-Ray Telescope (XRT). Our campaigns cover all phases of their lives, across 4 orders of magnitude in flux. We report on our findings on the long-term properties of SFXTs, their duty cycle, and the most recent outbursts caught by Swift which we followed in the X-ray for several days. Furthermore, we discuss the possible contribution of MAXI to this field in light of our findings.
Burrows David N.
Cusumano Giancarlo
Esposito Paolo
Gehrels Neil
Kennea Jaime A.
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