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Swift/XRT detection of an X-ray flare and jet emission from Cir X-1
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Swift/XRT detection of an X-ray flare and jet emission from Cir X-1

A. K. H. Kong and Y.-J. Yang
The Astronomer's Telegram
2010

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X-ray;Binaries;Neutron Stars;Transients
Following the detection of a brightening and several X-ray bursts of Cir X-1 (ATel #2608,#2643,#2650,#2651,#2653; Linares et al. arXiv:1006.1379), the source has returned to low flux level since June based on observations taken with RXTE/ASM and MAXI/GSC. We examined the Swift/XRT imaging mode data taken on 2010 June 6 and June 10. On June 6 (at orbital phase 0.8; defined by Stewart et al. 1993), the 0.3-10 keV XRT count rate of Cir X-1 is about 0.07 c/s while it brightened to 0.8 c/s on June 10 (at phase 0.03).

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