Evidence for Periods in the X-ray Transient 4U1608-52

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Dec 1992

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1992aas...181.7310l&link_type=abstract

American Astronomical Society, 181st AAS Meeting, #73.10; Bulletin of the American Astronomical Society, Vol. 24, p.1238

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We have examined the Vela 5B ten year history of the soft x-ray transient 4U 1608-52 from 1969 to 1979. In addition to the known outbursts in 1975, 1977 and 1979, the Vela 5B data includes 4 new transient outbursts in 1970 and 1971 not observed by other satellite missions. Analyzing the times of outbursts from 1969 - 1983 (to include the event seen by Tenma), we find that the times of the outbursts are consistent with recurrence intervals of either 75 or 20 days. However, such a short derived recurrence interval leaves many cycles without an outburst. We also present evidence for periods seen in the intensity of one of the outbursts observed in 1970. A power spectrum of the data for that event indicates periods of 4.14 and 5.26 days, from which we infer a beat period of 19.5 days. We interpret these results in terms of the superoutbursts seen in SU Ursa Majoris dwarf novae.

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