Bright X-ray bursts from 1E 1724-3045 in Terzan 2

M. Cocchi , A. Bazzano , L. Natalucci , P. Ubertini , J. Heise , E. Kuulkers , J.J.M. in 't Zand

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keywords burststerzanx-rayanalysisbepposaxboardbrightburst

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During about 3 years wide field monitoring of the Galactic Center region by the WFC telescopes on board the BeppoSAX satellite, a total of 14 type-I X-ray bursts were detected from the burster 1E 1724-3045 located in the globular cluster Terzan 2. All the observed events showed evidence for photospheric radius expansion due to Eddington-limit burst luminosity, thus leading to an estimate of the source distance (~7.2 kpc). Preliminary results of the analysis of the bursts are presented.

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Bright X-ray bursts from 1E 1724-3045 in Terzan 2

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