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Chandra and Swift observations of the quasi-persistent neutron star transient EXO 0748−676 back to quiescence

dc.contributor.authorDegenaar, N.en_US
dc.contributor.authorWijnands, Rudyen_US
dc.contributor.authorWolff, M. T.en_US
dc.contributor.authorRay, P. S.en_US
dc.contributor.authorWood, K. S.en_US
dc.contributor.authorHoman, Jeroenen_US
dc.contributor.authorLewin, Walter H. G.en_US
dc.contributor.authorJonker, P. G.en_US
dc.contributor.authorCackett, E. M.en_US
dc.contributor.authorMiller, J. M.en_US
dc.contributor.authorBrown, E. F.en_US
dc.date.accessioned2010-04-01T15:45:03Z
dc.date.available2010-04-01T15:45:03Z
dc.date.issued2009-06-11en_US
dc.identifier.citationDegenaar, N.; Wijnands, R.; Wolff, M. T.; Ray, P. S.; Wood, K. S.; Homan, J.; Lewin, W. H. G.; Jonker, P. G.; Cackett, E. M.; Miller, J. M.; Brown, E. F. (2009). " Chandra and Swift observations of the quasi-persistent neutron star transient EXO 0748−676 back to quiescence." Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society: Letters 396(1): L26-L30. <http://hdl.handle.net/2027.42/66242>en_US
dc.identifier.issn1745-3925en_US
dc.identifier.issn1745-3933en_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/2027.42/66242
dc.description.abstractThe quasi-persistent neutron star X-ray transient and eclipsing binary EXO 0748−676 recently started the transition to quiescence following an accretion outburst that lasted more than 24 years. We report on two Chandra and 12 Swift observations performed within five months after the end of the outburst. The Chandra spectrum is composed of a soft, thermal component that fits to a neutron star atmosphere model with kT ∞ ∼ 0.12 keV , joined by a hard power-law tail that contributes ∼20 per cent of the total 0.5–10 keV unabsorbed flux. The combined Chandra/Swift data set reveals a relatively hot and luminous quiescent system with a temperature of kT ∞ ∼ 0.11–0.13 keV and a bolometric thermal luminosity of ∼8.1 × 10 33 –1.6 × 10 34  (d/7.4 kpc) 2  erg s −1 . We discuss our results in the context of cooling neutron star models.en_US
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dc.publisherBlackwell Publishing Ltden_US
dc.rightsJournal compilation © 2009 RASen_US
dc.subject.otherAccretion, Accretion Discsen_US
dc.subject.otherBinaries: Eclipsingen_US
dc.subject.otherStars: Individual: EXO 0748-676en_US
dc.subject.otherStars: Neutronen_US
dc.subject.otherX-rays: Binariesen_US
dc.titleChandra and Swift observations of the quasi-persistent neutron star transient EXO 0748−676 back to quiescenceen_US
dc.typeArticleen_US
dc.rights.robotsIndexNoFollowen_US
dc.subject.hlbsecondlevelAstronomyen_US
dc.subject.hlbtoplevelScienceen_US
dc.description.peerreviewedPeer Revieweden_US
dc.contributor.affiliationumDepartment of Astronomy, University of Michigan, 500 Church Street, Dennison 814, Ann Arbor, MI 48105, USAen_US
dc.contributor.affiliationumDepartment of Physics and Astronomy, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI 48824, USAen_US
dc.contributor.affiliationotherAstronomical Institute ‘Anton Pannekoek’, University of Amsterdam, Kruislaan 403, 1098 SJ, Amsterdam, the Netherlandsen_US
dc.contributor.affiliationotherSpace Science Division, Naval Research Laboratory, Washington, DC 20375, USAen_US
dc.contributor.affiliationotherMIT Kavli Institute for Astrophysics and Space Research, 70 Vassar Street, Cambridge, MA 02139, USAen_US
dc.contributor.affiliationotherSRON, Netherlands Institute for Space Research, Sorbonnelaan 2, 3584 CA, Utrecht, the Netherlandsen_US
dc.contributor.affiliationotherHarvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics, 60 Garden Street, Cambridge, MA 02138, USAen_US
dc.description.bitstreamurlhttp://deepblue.lib.umich.edu/bitstream/2027.42/66242/1/j.1745-3933.2009.00655.x.pdf
dc.identifier.doi10.1111/j.1745-3933.2009.00655.xen_US
dc.identifier.sourceMonthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society: Lettersen_US
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