The Faint "Heartbeats" of IGR J17091-3624: An Exceptional Black Hole Candidate

The Faint "Heartbeats" of IGR J17091-3624: An Exceptional Black Hole Candidate

We report on the first 180 days of Rossi X-Ray Timing Explorer observations of the outburst of the black holecandidate IGR J17091–3624. This source exhibits a broad variety of complex light curve patterns including periodsof strong flares alternating with quiet intervals. Similar patterns in the X-r...

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Main Authors: Altamirano, D., Belloni, T., Linares, M., van der Klis, M., Wijnands, R., Curran, Peter, Kalamkar, M., Stiele, H., Motta, S., Munoz-Darias, T., Casella, P., Krimm, H.
Format: Journal Article
Published: Institute of Physics Publishing Ltd. 2011
Subjects:
stars: individual (IGR J17091–3624
GRS 1915+105)
black hole physics
X-rays: - binaries
binaries: close
Online Access:http://iopscience.iop.org/2041-8205/742/2/L17/pdf/apjl_742_2_17.pdf
http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/4153

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http://iopscience.iop.org/2041-8205/742/2/L17/pdf/apjl_742_2_17.pdf
http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/4153

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