The discovery of the 401 Hz accreting millisecond pulsar IGR J17498-2921 in a 3.8 h orbit
Abstract
We report on the detection of a 400.99018734(1) Hz coherent signal in the Rossi X-ray Timing Explorer (RXTE) light curves of the recently discovered X-ray transient,
- Publication:
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Astronomy and Astrophysics
- Pub Date:
- November 2011
- DOI:
- 10.1051/0004-6361/201117995
- arXiv:
- arXiv:1111.1976
- Bibcode:
- 2011A&A...535L...4P
- Keywords:
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- stars: neutron;
- stars: rotation;
- pulsars: individual:IGR J17498-2921;
- X-rays: binaries;
- Astrophysics - High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena
- E-Print:
- 5 pages, 2 figures, accepted for publication by A&