THE IDENTIFICATION OF MAXI J1659-152 AS A BLACK HOLE CANDIDATE

THE IDENTIFICATION OF MAXI J1659-152 AS A BLACK HOLE CANDIDATE

We report on the analysis of all 65 pointed Rossi X-ray Timing Explorer (RXTE) observations of the recently discovered soft X-ray transient MAXI J1659-152 (initially referred to as GRB 100925A). The source was studied in terms of its evolution through the hardness-intensity diagram (HID), as well as...

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Main Authors: Kalamkar, M. (Author), Altamirano, D. (Author), van der Klis, M. (Author), Casella, P. (Author), Homan, Jeroen (Contributor), Linares Alegret, Manuel (Contributor)
Other Authors: MIT Kavli Institute for Astrophysics and Space Research (Contributor)
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Language:English
Published: IOP Publishing, 2015-02-27T15:48:05Z.
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