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astro-ph1998
Outbursts of WZ Sge stars/TOADs: a phenomenological comparison with soft X-ray transients
Erik Kuulkers
The outbursts of WZ Sge stars (or TOADs), are compared to those seen in the (soft) X-ray transients. Both types of outbursts exhibit strong similarities: large amplitudes, long rec…
astro-ph1998
The 1998 outburst of the X-ray transient 4U 1630-47 observed with BeppoSAX
T. Oosterbroek, A. N. Parmar, E. Kuulkers +4
We report results of five pointed BeppoSAX observations of the black hole candidate 4U 1630-47 during part of its 1998 outburst when the 2-10 keV source luminosity decreased from 2…