Inverstigating hard X-ray transients in the Magellanic Clouds
Abstract
The Magellanic Clouds harbour a large sample of Be/X-ray binaries at a moderate and well known distance. The Galactic foreground absorption in this direction is low. The transient nature of Be/X-ray binaries complicates the observing in X-rays. Serendipitous detections of Be/X-ray binaries in outburst provide rare chances for further investigation. We propose three triggered XMM-Newton observations of new or unexplored systems to continue the build up of a large statistical sample of these sources.
- Publication:
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XMM-Newton Proposal
- Pub Date:
- October 2012
- Bibcode:
- 2012xmm..prop..159S
- Keywords:
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- White Dwarf Binaries;
- Neutron Star Binaries;
- Cataclysmic Variables;
- ULXs;
- Black Holes;
- MC transient 1;
- MC transient 2;
- MC transient 3