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The optical counterpart to the peculiar x-ray transient xte j1739-302

Ignacio Negueruela
(
- Alicante U.
)
,
David M. Smith
(
- UC, Santa Cruz
)
,
Thomas E. Harrison
(
- New Mexico State U.
)
,
Jose Miguel Torrejon
(
- Alicante U.
)

Oct, 2005

9 pages

Published in:

Astrophys.J. 638 (2006) 982-986

e-Print:

astro-ph/0510675 [astro-ph]

DOI:

10.1086/498935

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Abstract: (arXiv)

The weak X-ray transient XTE J1739-302, characterized by extremely short outbursts, has recently been identified with a reddened star. Here we present spectroscopy and photometry of the counterpart, identifying it as a O8Iab(f) supergiant at a distance of ~2.3 kpc. XTE J1739-302 becomes thus characterized as the prototype of the new class of Supergiant Fast X-ray Transients. The optical and infrared spectra of the counterpart to XTE J1739-302 do not reveal any obvious characteristics setting it apart from other X-ray binaries with supergiant companions, which display a very different type of X-ray lightcurve.

binaries: close
supergiants
X-rays: binaries
X-rays: individual (XTE J1739-302)

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