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Properties of X-ray Binaries in the Magellanic Clouds from RXTE and Chandra Observations
R. H. D. Corbet, M. J. Coe, K. E. McGowan +4
The X-ray binary population of the SMC is very different from that of the Milky Way consisting, with one exception, entirely of transient pulsating Be/neutron star binaries. We hav…
High mass X-ray binary SXP18.3 undergoes the longest Type II outburst ever seen in the Small Magellanic Cloud
M. P. E. Schurch, M. J. Coe, J. L. Galache +6
On 30th August 2006 SXP18.3 a high mass X-ray binary (HMXB) in the Small Magellanic Cloud (SMC) with an 18.3s pulse period was observed by Rossi X-ray Timing Explorer (RXTE). The s…
Optical properties of High-Mass X-ray Binaries (HMXB) in the Small Magellanic Cloud
M. J. Coe, R. H. D. Corbet, K. E. McGowan +6
The SMC represents an exciting opportunity to observe the direct results of tidal interactions on star birth. One of the best indicators of recent star birth activity is the presen…
Spectral distribution of Be/X-ray binaries in the Small Magellanic Cloud
V. A. McBride, M. J. Coe, I. Negueruela +2
The spectral distributions of Be/X-ray binaries in the Large Magellanic Cloud and Galaxy have been shown to differ significantly from the distribution of isolated Be stars in the G…
Optical and X-ray variability of two Small Magellanic Cloud X-ray binary pulsars - SXP46.6 and SXP6.85
K. E. McGowan, M. J. Coe, M. P. E. Schurch +3
We present long-term optical and RXTE data of two X-ray binary pulsars in the Small Magellanic Cloud, SXP46.6 and SXP6.85. The optical light curves of both sources show substantial…
The Chandra Small Magellanic Cloud Wing Survey - the search for X-ray Binaries
K. E. McGowan, M. J. Coe, M. P. E. Schurch +6
We have detected 523 sources in a survey of the Small Magellanic Cloud (SMC) Wing with Chandra. By cross-correlating the X-ray data with optical and near-infrared catalogues we hav…
Optical Follow-up of New SMC Wing Be/X-ray Binaries
M. P. E. Schurch, M. J. Coe, K. E. McGowan +4
We investigate the optical counterparts of recently discovered Be/X-ray binaries in the Small Magellanic Cloud. In total four sources, SXP101, SXP700, SXP348 and SXP65.8 were detec…
The Two-Component Afterglow of Swift GRB 050802
S. R. Oates, M. De Pasquale, M. J. Page +10
This paper investigates GRB 050802, one of the best examples of a it Swift gamma-ray burst afterglow that shows a break in the X-ray lightcurve, while the optical counterpart decay…
X-ray bright sources in the Chandra Small Magellanic Cloud Wing Survey - detection of two new pulsars
K. E. McGowan, M. J. Coe, M. Schurch +7
We investigate the X-ray and optical properties of a sample of X-ray bright sources from the Small Magellanic Cloud (SMC) Wing Survey. We have detected two new pulsars with pulse p…
The early and late-time spectral and temporal evolution of GRB 050716
E. Rol, J. P. Osborne, K. L. Page +13
We report on a comprehensive set of observations of Gamma Ray Burst 050716, detected by the Swift satellite and subsequently followed-up rapidly in X-ray, optical and near infra-re…
Optical, Infrared, and Ultraviolet Observations of the X-Ray Flash GRB 050416A
S. T. Holland, P. T. Boyd, J. Gorosabel +25
We present ultraviolet, optical, and infrared photometry of the afterglow of the X-ray flash XRF 050416A taken between approximately 100 seconds and 36 days after the burst. We fin…
Swift-UVOT Observations of the X-Ray Flash 050406
P. Schady, K. O. Mason, J. P. Osborne +14
We present Swift-UVOT data on the optical afterglow of the X-ray flash of 2005 April 6 (XRF 050406) from 88s to \sim 10^5s after the initial prompt gamma-ray emission. Our observat…
XMM Spectroscopy of the Transient Supersoft Source RX J0513.9-6951: probing the dynamic white dwarf photosphere
Katherine E. McGowan, Phil A. Charles, Alexander J. Blustin +3
The highly luminous (> 10^37 erg s^-1) supersoft X-ray sources (SSS) are believed to be Eddington limited accreting white dwarfs undergoing surface hydrogen burning. The current pa…
Very Early Optical Afterglows of Gamma-Ray Bursts: Evidence for Relative Paucity of Detection
P. W. A. Roming, P. Schady, D. B. Fox +38
Very early observations with the Swift satellite of gamma-ray burst (GRB) afterglows reveal that the optical component is not detected in a large number of cases. This is in contra…
Evidence for surface cooling emission in the XMM-Newton spectrum of the X-ray pulsar PSR B2334+61
Katherine E. McGowan, Silvia Zane, Mark Cropper +2
We report on the first XMM-Newton observation of the Vela-like pulsar PSR B2334+61. Spectral analysis reveals soft X-ray emission, with the bulk of the photons emitted at energies…
Swift panchromatic observations of the bright gamma-ray burst GRB050525a
A. J. Blustin, D. Band, S. Barthelmy +12
The bright gamma-ray burst GRB050525a has been detected with the Swift observatory, providing unique multiwavelength coverage from the very earliest phases of the burst. The X-ray…
Ultraviolet, Optical, and X-Ray Observations of the Type Ia Supernova 2005am with Swift
P. J. Brown, S. T. Holland, C. James +21
We present ultraviolet and optical light curves in six broadband filters and grism spectra obtained by Swift's Ultraviolet/Optical Telescope for the Type Ia supernova SN2005am. The…
A short gamma-ray burst apparently asssociated with an elliptical galaxy at redshift z=0.225
N. Gehrels
Gamma Ray Bursts (GRBs) are bright, brief flashes of high energy photons that have fascinated scientists for 30 years. They come in two classes: long (>2 s), softspectrum bursts an…
A Link between Prompt Optical and Prompt Gamma-Ray Emission in Gamma-Ray Bursts
W. T. Vestrand, P. R. Wozniak, J. A. Wren +20
The prompt optical emission that arrives with gamma-rays from a cosmic gamma-ray burst (GRB) is a signature of the engine powering the burst, the properties of the ultra-relativist…
Limits on I-band microvariability of the Galactic Bulge Miras
P. R. Wozniak, K. E. McGowan, W. T. Vestrand
We search for microvariability in a sample of 485 Mira variables with high quality I-band light curves from the second generation Optical Gravitational Lensing Experiment (OGLE-II)…
Northern Sky Variability Survey (NSVS): Public data release
P. R. Wozniak, W. T. Vestrand, C. W. Akerlof +15
The Northern Sky Variability Survey (NSVS) is a temporal record of the sky over the optical magnitude range from 8 to 15.5. It was conducted in the course of the first generation R…
On the Correlated X-ray and Optical Evolution of SS Cygni
Katherine E. McGowan, William C. Priedhorsky, Sergey P. Trudolyubov
We have analyzed the variability and spectral evolution of the prototype dwarf nova system SS Cygni using RXTE data and AAVSO observations. A series of pointed RXTE/PCA observation…
Correlated Optical and X-ray Variability in LMC X-2
Katherine E. McGowan, Phil A. Charles, Darragh O'Donoghue +1
We have obtained high time resolution (seconds) photometry of LMC X-2 in December 1997, simultaneously with the Rossi X-ray Timing Explorer (RXTE), in order to search for correlate…
Detection of Pulsed X-ray Emission from XMM-Newton Observations of PSR J0538+2817
Katherine E. McGowan, Jamie A. Kennea, Silvia Zane +5
We report on the XMM-Newton observations of the 143 ms pulsar PSR J0538+2817. We present evidence for the first detections of pulsed X-rays from the source at a frequency which is…