Recent hubble space telescope results on x-ray novae

R. I. Hynes, C. A. Haswell, S. Chaty, C. R. Shrader, W. Cui, C. W. Mauche

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Abstract

RXTE has recently discovered two new optically bright black hole candidates (BHCs): XTE J1859+226 and XTE J1118+480. We observed both with HST/STIS, the first outburst observations of X-ray novae with this instrument. We followed broad band spectral evolution, detected correlated X-ray/UV rapid variability and performed high resolution UV spectroscopy. We present a summary of initial results on the spectral energy distributions observed.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)61-62
Number of pages2
JournalAstrophysics and Space Science
Volume276
Issue numberSUPPL.
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 1 Dec 2001
Externally publishedYes

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