X-ray re-brightening detected from the neutron star transient XTE J1701-407

Bibcode
2011ATel.3654....1D
Degenaar, N.; Wijnands, R.; Altamirano, D.; Cackett, E.; Linares, M.; Homan, J.; Fridriksson, J.
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The Astronomer's Telegram, #3654

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9
2011
Number of authors
7
IAC number of authors
0
Citations
6
Refereed citations
5
Description
Following our recent report on the transition to quiescence of the transient neutron star low-mass X-ray binary XTE J1701-407 (ATel #3604), we continued to monitor the source in X-rays. Further observations were carried out between August 31 and September 20, during which Swift pointed towards the source once every 2-4 days with the XRT operated in the photon counting mode. Initially, we found the 2-10 keV luminosity of XTE J1701-407 to be steadily decreasing, down to Lx~1E33 erg/s on August 31 (assuming a distance towards the source of D=5 kpc; ATel #2814).
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Non-refereed

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