Discovery of a new kind of explosive X-ray transient near M86
We present the discovery of a new type of explosive X-ray flash in Chandra images of the old elliptical galaxy M86. This unique event is characterized by the peak luminosity of 6 × 1042 erg s−1 for the distance of M86, the presence of precursor events, the timescale between the precursors and the ma...
| Main Authors: | , , , , , , , , |
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| Format: | Journal Article |
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Institute of Physics Publishing, Inc.
2013
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| Online Access: | http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/23638 |