A STRONGLY HEATED NEUTRON STAR IN THE TRANSIENT Z SOURCE MAXI J0556-332

A STRONGLY HEATED NEUTRON STAR IN THE TRANSIENT Z SOURCE MAXI J0556-332

We present Chandra, XMM-Newton, and Swift observations of the quiescent neutron star in the transient low-mass X-ray binary MAXI J0556-332. Observations of the source made during outburst (with the Rossi X-ray Timing Explorer) reveal tracks in its X-ray color-color and hardness-intensity diagrams th...

Full description

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Homan, Jeroen (Contributor), Fridriksson, Joel K. (Author), Wijnands, Rudy (Author), Cackett, E. M. (Author), Degenaar, N. (Author), Linares, Manuel Alegret (Author), Lin, Dacheng (Author), Remillard, Ronald A (Author)
Other Authors: MIT Kavli Institute for Astrophysics and Space Research (Contributor), Remillard, Ronald Alan (Contributor)
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: IOP Publishing, 2015-02-17T15:22:46Z.
Subjects:
Article
Online Access:Get fulltext

Internet

Get fulltext

Similar Items