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A 420-day X-ray/optical modulation and extended X-ray dips in the short-period transient Swift J1753.5โˆ’0127

A 420-day X-ray/optical modulation and extended X-ray dips in the short-period transient Swift J1753.5โˆ’0127

We have discovered a โˆผ420-d modulation, with associated X-ray dips, in Rossi X-Ray Timing Explorer-All Sky Monitor/Monitor of All-Sky X-ray Image/Swift-Burst Alert Telescope archival light curves of the short-period (3.2 h) black hole X-ray transient, Swift J1753.5โˆ’0127. This modulation only appeared at the end of a gradual re-brightening, approximately 3 โ€ฆ