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2001ApJ...548L..41C - Astrophys. J., 548, L41-L44 (2001/February-2)

The discovery of an outburst and pulsed X-ray flux from SMC X-2 using the Rossi X-ray Timing Explorer.

CORBET R.H.D., MARSHALL F.E., COE M.J., LAYCOCK S. and HANDLER G.

Abstract (from CDS):

Rossi X-Ray Timing Explorer (RXTE) All-Sky Monitor observations of SMC X-2 show that the source experienced an outburst in 2000 January-April reaching a peak luminosity of greater than ∼1038 ergs.s–1. RXTE Proportional Counter Array observations during this outburst reveal the presence of pulsations with a 2.37 s period. However, optical photometry of the optical counterpart shows that the source was still significantly fainter than it was more than a half a year after the outburst in the 1970s when SMC X-2 was discovered.

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Journal keyword(s): Stars: Individual: Alphanumeric: SMC X-2 - Stars: Neutron - X-Rays: Stars

CDS comments: Table 2: Stars A and B = [CDJ78] SMC X-2 Star 5A and 5B.

Simbad objects: 9

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