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Confirmation of the supergiant fast X-ray transient nature of AX J1841.0โˆ’0536 from Swift outburst observations

Confirmation of the supergiant fast X-ray transient nature of AX J1841.0โˆ’0536 from Swift outburst observations

Abstract Swift observed an outburst from the supergiant fast X-ray transient (SFXT) AX J1841.0โˆ’0536 on 2010 June 5, and followed it with X-ray Telescope (XRT) for 11 d. The X-ray light curve shows an initial flare followed by a decay and subsequent increase, as often seen in other SFXTs, and โ€ฆ