Similarities between the X-Ray Light Curves of the 2016 and 2020 Eruptions of the Recurrent Nova LMC 1968
| Autor: | Greg J. Schwarz, M. J. Darnley, Paul Kuin, K. L. Page |
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| Rok vydání: | 2020 |
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Swift
Physics Astrophysics::High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena X-ray X-ray binary Astrophysics::Cosmology and Extragalactic Astrophysics General Medicine Astrophysics Light curve law.invention Telescope Photometry (optics) law Astrophysics::Solar and Stellar Astrophysics Spectroscopy computer Astrophysics::Galaxy Astrophysics computer.programming_language |
| Zdroj: | Research Notes of the AAS. 4:142 |
| ISSN: | 2515-5172 |
| DOI: | 10.3847/2515-5172/abae72 |
| Popis: | The latest eruption of the recurrent nova LMC 1968 was extensively observed by Swift with its X-ray Telescope instrument. A comparison with the Swift data set from the 2016 eruption shows that the X-ray evolution was remarkably similar just as the evolution of the optical photometry and spectroscopy was similar during previously observed eruptions. The only difference is a surprising decrease in the recurrence time. LMC 1968 is only the second nova for which Swift has observed the entire X-ray evolution more than once. At 50 kpc, it is close enough to be extensively observed in its next eruption. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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