A joint Chandra and Swift view of the 2015 X-Ray dust-scattering echo of V404 Cygni

We present a combined analysis of the Chandra and Swift observations of the 2015 X-ray echo of V404 Cygni. Using a stacking analysis, we identify eight separate rings in the echo. We reconstruct the soft X-ray light curve of the 2015 June outburst using the high-resolution Chandra images and cross-c...

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Main Authors: Heinz, S., Corrales, L., Smith, R., Brandt, W., Jonker, P., Plotkin, Richard, Neilsen, J.
Format: Journal Article
Published: Institute of Physics Publishing 2016
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/50712