Detection of a type-I X-ray burst from 4U 0614+09.
Abstract
We report the detection of an X-ray flare from the low mass X-ray binary 4U 0614+09 by the WATCH all-sky X-ray monitor on January 17th, 1990. The flare reached a peak flux of 10 Crab units in the 6-20 keV energy band, and had the time structure of a Type-I X-ray burst. A similar flare attributed to this source was reported by OSO-8 in 1975. The burst is used to estimate the maximum distance to 4U 0614+09.
- Publication:
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Astronomy and Astrophysics
- Pub Date:
- August 1992
- Bibcode:
- 1992A&A...262L..15B
- Keywords:
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- Light Curve;
- Stellar Flares;
- X Ray Binaries;
- Flux Density;
- Stellar Mass;
- Astrophysics