Swift observations of the accreting millisecond pulsar IGR J17498-2921: from outburst to quiescence

Bibcode
2011ATel.3661....1L
Linares, M.; Bozzo, E.; Altamirano, D.; Degenaar, N.; Wijnands, R.; Soleri, P.; Belloni, T.; Di Salvo, T.; D'Ai, A.; Papitto, A.; Riggio, A.; Burderi, L.
Bibliographical reference

The Astronomer's Telegram, #3661

Advertised on:
9
2011
Number of authors
12
IAC number of authors
0
Citations
4
Refereed citations
1
Description
Swift has been monitoring the accreting millisecond pulsar IGR J17498-2921 since the start of its outburst in 2011 August 12 (ATels #3551, #3555, #3556). We detected two X-ray bursts on Aug. 18 and 28. During the first ~12 days the average persistent XRT count rate remained approximately constant at 3-7 c/s. Around Aug. 24 the source count rate started to decrease slowly, down to ~1 c/s on Sep. 11.
Type
Non-refereed

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