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astro-ph1998
Vela X-1 as seen by RXTE
I. Kreykenbohm, P. Kretschmar, J. Wilms +5
We present results from four observations of the accreting X-ray pulsar Vela X-1 with RXTE in 1996 February. The light curves show strong pulse to pulse variations, while the avera…
astro-ph1998
RXTE Observations of LMC X-1 and LMC X-3
J. Wilms, M. A. Nowak, J. B. Dove +4
Of all known persistent stellar-mass black hole candidates, only LMC X-1 and LMC X-3 consistently show spectra that are dominated by a soft, thermal component. We present results f…