X-ray outburst of XMMU J004855.5-734946: confirmation as a Be/X-ray binary pulsar

Citation:

Vasilopoulos G, Haberl F, Antoniou V, Zezas A. X-ray outburst of XMMU J004855.5-734946: confirmation as a Be/X-ray binary pulsar. [Internet]. 2016;9229:1.

Abstract:

XMMU J004855.5-734946 is a candidate BeXRB system in the Small Magellanic Cloud (SMC, Haberl & Sturm 2016, A & A, 586, 81). The system was detected in a recent 45 s Swift/XRT observation on 2016-06-24 as part of a routine Swift/XRT survey of the SMC (ATel #9197).

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