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astro-ph.HE2010★ 33 cited
The identification of MAXI J1659-152 as a black hole candidate
M. Kalamkar, J. Homan, D. Altamirano +3
We report on the analysis of all 65 pointed Rossi X-ray Timing Explorer observations of the recently discovered soft X-ray transient MAXI J1659-152 (initially referred to as GRB 10…
astro-ph.HE2010★ 52 cited
The return of the bursts: Thermonuclear flashes from Circinus X-1
M. Linares, A. Watts, D. Altamirano +14
We report the detection of 15 X-ray bursts with RXTE and Swift observations of the peculiar X-ray binary Circinus X-1 during its May 2010 X-ray re-brightening. These are the first…
astro-ph.HE2010★ 40 cited
Discovery of an accreting millisecond pulsar in the eclipsing binary system Swift J1749.4-2807
D. Altamirano, Y. Cavecchi, A. Patruno +12
We report on the discovery and the timing analysis of the first eclipsing accretion-powered millisecond X-ray pulsar (AMXP): SWIFT J1749.4-2807. The neutron star rotates at a frequ…