2016•UvA-DARE (University of Amsterdam)Open access

Swift/XRT detects renewed activity of the Galactic center transient XMM J174457-2850.3

Nathalie Degenaar, Rudy A. D. Wijnands, Mark T. Reynolds, Jon M. Miller, J. A. Kennea, N. Gehrels

Abstract

Daily X-ray monitoring observations of the Galactic center with Swift (Degenaar et al. 2015, JHEAp 7, 137) reveal activity at a position consistent with the location of the transient neutron star low-mass X-ray binary (LMXB) XMM J174457-2850.3.

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Key concepts: Swift, Galactic Center, Astrophysics, Physics, Transient (computer programming), Neutron star, Center (category theory), Astronomy