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astro-ph1999
Localizations of Thirteen Gamma-ray Bursts by the All-Sky Monitor on RXTE
D. A. Smith, A. M. Levine, H. V. Bradt +9
The All-Sky Monitor (ASM) on the Rossi X-ray Timing Explorer (RXTE) has been used to localize thirteen confirmed X-ray counterparts to Gamma-Ray Bursts (GRBs) detected over three y…
astro-ph1999
X-ray Orbital Modulation of Cygnus X-1
Linqing Wen, Wei Cui, Alan M. Levine +1
We have analyzed over 2 years of RXTE/ASM data for Cygnus X-1. We have detected the 5.6-day orbital period in Lomb-Scargle periodograms of both light curves and hardness ratios whe…
astro-ph1999
RXTE All-Sky Monitor Localization of SGR 1627-41
Donald A. Smith, Hale V. Bradt, Alan M. Levine
The fourth unambiguously identified Soft Gamma Repeater (SGR), SGR1627-41, was discovered with the BATSE instrument on 1998 June 15 (Kouveliotou et al. 1998). Interplanetary Networ…