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Swift/XRT detects a new outburst of the Galactic Center transient GRS 1741.9-2853

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

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During our daily Swift/XRT monitoring observations of the Galactic Center (Degenaar et al. 2015, JHEAp, 7, 137), we detect renewed activity of a transient X-ray source located ~10 arcmin from Sgr A*. The location of this object is consistent with the position of the known neutron star low-mass X-ray binary (LMXB) and thermonuclear X-ray burster GRS 1741.9-2853.

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Key concepts: Physics, Astrophysics, Swift, Neutron star, Galactic Center, Thermonuclear fusion, Transient (computer programming), X-ray burster