XMM-Newton Observations of the Be/X-ray transient A0538-66 in quiescence
| dc.creator | Kretschmar, P. | |
| dc.creator | Wilms, J. | |
| dc.creator | Staubert, R. | |
| dc.creator | Kreykenbohm, I. | |
| dc.creator | Heindl, W. A. | |
| dc.date | 2004-06-01 | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2026-07-25T12:14:38Z | |
| dc.description | We present XMM-Newton observations of the recurrent Be/X-ray transient A0538-66, situated in the Large Magellanic Cloud, in the quiescent state. Despite a very low luminosity state of (5-8)E33 ergs/s in the range 0.3-10 keV, the source is clearly detected up to ~8 keV. and can be fitted using either a power law with photon index alpha=1.9+-0.3 or a bremsstrahlung spectrum with kT=3.9+3.9-1.7 keV. The spectral analysis confirms that the off-state spectrum is hard without requiring any soft component, contrary to the majority of neutron stars observed in quiescence up to now. | |
| dc.description | Accepted for proceedings of 5th INTEGRAL Workshop | |
| dc.identifier | https://arxiv.org/abs/astro-ph/0406015 | |
| dc.identifier | http://arxiv.org/abs/astro-ph/0406015 | |
| dc.identifier.uri | https://dspace.dare.co.zw/handle/123456789/8651 | |
| dc.subject | Astrophysics | |
| dc.title | XMM-Newton Observations of the Be/X-ray transient A0538-66 in quiescence | |
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