X-ray Transients Monitored by the All-Sky Monitor on RXTE: A Tabulation

Kavli Affiliate: Edmund Bertschinger

| First 5 Authors: Hale Bradt, Alan Levine, Ronald Remillard, Donald A. Smith,

| Summary:

We present a tabulation of 46 transient x-ray sources monitored with the
All-Sky Monitor (ASM) on the Rossi X-ray Timing Explorer (RXTE). They fall into
four broad categories: short (~d), intermediate, and long (>500 d) duration of
outbursts, and long period binary systems that flare up at periastron (e.g., Be
systems). The mixture of outburst/quiescent cycles and low-level persistent
emission in a few systems could indicate conditions are near the limit for
stable mass flow in the accretion disk. The two short-time-scale systems, CI
Cam and V4641 Sgr, are within 1 kpc of the sun, and hence many more such
systems may await discovery.

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