Chandra Detection of Two New Transient X-Ray Sources in M31

Bibcode
2008ATel.1698....1G
Galache, J. L.; Garcia, M. R.; Torres, M. A. P.; Murray, S. S.; Steeghs, D.; Williams, B. F.
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The Astronomer's Telegram, #1698

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9
2008
Number of authors
6
IAC number of authors
0
Citations
1
Refereed citations
1
Description
We report the discovery of 2 previously unseen X-ray sources detected in a 5ks Chandra/ACIS observation starting on 2008-09-01.32 UT as part of our ongoing Chandra/HST M31 transient program (see also ATel #1693 for more results from this observation). Due to the low count-rate, no spectral fitting was possible. The reported luminosities have been estimated assuming an absorbed power law spectrum with nH = 6.67e20 atoms/ cm2 (the Galactic value towards M31), Γ = 1.7 and a distance of 780 kpc.
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Non-refereed
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