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High variability in Vela X-1: giant flares and off states

I. Kreykenbohm, J. Wilms, P. Kretschmar, J. M. Torrejón, K. Pottschmidt, Manfred Hanke, A. Santangelo, C. Ferrigno, R. Staubert

Astronomy and Astrophysics · 2008 · 130 citations · 81 references

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Aims. We investigate the spectral and temporal behavior of the high mass X-ray binary Vela X-1 during a phase of high activity, with special focus on the observed giant flares and off states.

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