The Swift Bulge Survey: Motivation, Strategy, and First X-ray Results

A. Bahramian, C. O. Heinke, J. A. Kennea +12

Very faint X-ray transients (VFXTs) are X-ray transients with peak X-ray luminosities ($L_X$) of $L_X\lesssim 10^{36}$ erg/s, which are not well-understood. We carried out a survey…