{"paper":{"title":"An XMM-Newton study of the X-ray binary MXB1659-298 and the discovery of narrow X-ray absorption lines","license":"","headline":"","cross_cats":[],"primary_cat":"astro-ph","authors_text":"A.N. Parmar (ESA/Estec), C. Erd (ESA/Estec), D. Lumb (ESA/Estec), Italy), L. Sidoli (IFC/CNR, Milan, Noordwijk, the Netherlands), T. Oosterbroek (ESA/Estec","submitted_at":"2001-09-24T15:21:18Z","abstract_excerpt":"We report the discovery of narrow X-ray absorption lines from the low-mass X-ray binary MXB1659-298 during an XMM-Newton observation in 2001 February. The 7.1 hr orbital cycle is clearly evident with narrow X-ray eclipses preceded by intense dipping activity. A sinusoid-like OM $B$-band modulation with a peak-to-peak modulation of 0.5 magnitude and a minimum coincident with the X-ray eclipse is visible. EPIC and RGS spectra reveal the presence of narrow resonant absorption features identified with OVIII 1s-2p, 1s-3p and 1s-4p, NeX 1s-2p, FeXXV 1s-2p, and FeXXVI 1s-2p transitions, together with"},"claims":{"count":0,"items":[],"snapshot_sha256":"258153158e38e3291e3d48162225fcdb2d5a3ed65a07baac614ab91432fd4f57"},"source":{"id":"astro-ph/0109417","kind":"arxiv","version":1},"verdict":{"id":null,"model_set":{},"created_at":null,"strongest_claim":"","one_line_summary":"","pipeline_version":null,"weakest_assumption":"","pith_extraction_headline":""},"integrity":{"clean":true,"summary":{"advisory":0,"critical":0,"by_detector":{},"informational":0},"endpoint":"/pith/astro-ph/0109417/integrity.json","findings":[],"available":true,"detectors_run":[],"snapshot_sha256":"c28c3603d3b5d939e8dc4c7e95fa8dfce3d595e45f758748cecf8e644a296938"},"references":{"count":0,"sample":[],"resolved_work":0,"snapshot_sha256":"258153158e38e3291e3d48162225fcdb2d5a3ed65a07baac614ab91432fd4f57","internal_anchors":0},"formal_canon":{"evidence_count":0,"snapshot_sha256":"258153158e38e3291e3d48162225fcdb2d5a3ed65a07baac614ab91432fd4f57"},"author_claims":{"count":0,"strong_count":0,"snapshot_sha256":"258153158e38e3291e3d48162225fcdb2d5a3ed65a07baac614ab91432fd4f57"},"builder_version":"pith-number-builder-2026-05-17-v1"}