RXTE Monitoring of Two Gamma-Ray Emitting X-Ray Binaries
Abstract
We propose weekly RXTE monitoring observations of two exotic gamma-ray emitting X-ray binaries, LSI +61 303, and LS 5039, starting with the launch of GLAST. Assuming the EGRET counterpart identifications are correct, GLAST will obtain a good flux measurement of these sources at least every few days. The overlap of the RXTE mission with GLAST affords the opportunity to get frequent X-ray monitoring as well, taking advantage of RXTE's uniquely flexible scheduling. Both sources are too faint for X-ray all sky monitors, and the focusing telescopes cannot devote sufficient time to monitoring programs. With contemporaneous radio, optical, and TeV observations, we will obtain a broadband view of these highly variable sources that will help understand their emission mechanism.
- Publication:
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RXTE Proposal
- Pub Date:
- 2007
- Bibcode:
- 2007rxte.prop93102R