Swift X-ray observations confirm outburst of GX 339-4

Devraj Pawar; Diego Altamirano; Gregory R. Sivakoff; James Miller-Jones; Tomaso Belloni; Dipankar Maitra Michelle Buxton; Jeroen Homan; Dave Russell; Fraser Lewis; John Tomsick; Mickael Coriat

Swift X-ray observations confirm outburst of GX 339-4

Devraj Pawar, Diego Altamirano, Gregory R. Sivakoff, James Miller-Jones, Tomaso Belloni, Dipankar Maitra Michelle Buxton, Jeroen Homan, Dave Russell, Fraser Lewis, John Tomsick, Mickael Coriat

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On August 2, 2013, Buxton et al. (Atel #5244) reported optical and near-infrared flaring of the canonical black hole X-ray binary (BHB) GX 339-4. An increase in the optical and infrared band usually indicates the onset of an X-ray outburst in BHBs. We requested X-ray observations of GX 339-4 with Swift/XRT and the first observation was performed on August 6, 2013 (03:23:59 UTC, MJD = 56510.1417) in PC mode (ObsID: 00032490012, total of ~1.1 ks).

Original language	English (US)
Journal	The Astronomer's Telegram
Volume	5252
State	Published - Aug 1 2013

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X-ray
Black Hole
Transient

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Swift X-ray observations confirm outburst of GX 339-4

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