Swift uncovers that SAX J0840.7+2248 is not an X-ray Binary, but BeppoSAX X-ray Rich GRB 980429

A. Cucchiara; C. Guidorzi; E. Montanari; F. Capitanio; F. Frontera; F. Rossi; L. Amati; L. Sidoli; N. Masetti; P. Romano

arxiv: 0806.0925 · v1 · submitted 2008-06-05 · 🌌 astro-ph

Swift uncovers that SAX J0840.7+2248 is not an X-ray Binary, but BeppoSAX X-ray Rich GRB 980429

P. Romano , C. Guidorzi , L. Sidoli , E. Montanari , F. Capitanio , L. Amati , A. Cucchiara , F. Frontera

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During our Swift/XRT program to obtain X-ray positions at arcsecond level for a sample of Galactic X-ray binaries, we discovered that SAX J0840.7+2248 is not a binary, but rather BeppoSAX/WFC+GRBM X-ray Rich GRB 980429. Here we report on this discovery and on the properties of this long, X-ray rich gamma-ray burst, from prompt to (very) late followup.

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Swift uncovers that SAX J0840.7+2248 is not an X-ray Binary, but BeppoSAX X-ray Rich GRB 980429

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