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Title: Nature and optical identification of the flaring x-ray source FXP 0520-66

Journal Article · · Sov. Astron. Lett. (Engl. Transl.); (United States)
OSTI ID:5003590

The possibility that the flaring x-ray pulsar in Dorado may be a galactic object is examined. The bursts of 1979 March 6 and April 4 and 24 may have been of thermonuclear origin. A search should be conducted for the optical component of the binary system; some candidates for such an identification are given.

Research Organization:
Ioffe Physics and Technology Institute, USSR Academy of Sciences, Leningrad, and Central Astronomical Observatory, USSR Academy of Sciences, Pulkovo
OSTI ID:
5003590
Journal Information:
Sov. Astron. Lett. (Engl. Transl.); (United States), Vol. 6:2
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English