Swift/BAT detects a new outburst likely from RX J0059.2-7138
Abstract
The Be/X-ray binary and transient pulsar RX J0059.2-7138 (also known as SXP 2.76) in the Small Magellanic Cloud has been detected in the 15-50 keV band in the Swift/BAT hard X-ray transient monitor. The source was detected in the BAT monitor starting on 2013 December 26 (MJD 56652) with a count rate of 0.002 +/- 0.0006 ct/s/cm^2 (~10 mCrab). The source has remained detectable since that time with a slowly rising flux, reaching 0.005 +/- 0.001 ct/s/cm^2 (~25 mCrab) on 2014 January 9.
- Publication:
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The Astronomer's Telegram
- Pub Date:
- January 2014
- Bibcode:
- 2014ATel.5756....1K
- Keywords:
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- X-ray;
- Binary;
- Transient;
- Pulsar