Bibcode
Degenaar, N.; Wijnands, R.; Altamirano, D.; Cackett, E.; Linares, M.; Homan, J.; Fridriksson, J.
Referencia bibliográfica
The Astronomer's Telegram, #3654
Fecha de publicación:
9
2011
Número de citas
6
Número de citas referidas
5
Descripción
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).