Mining the Aql X-1 long-term X-ray light curve
Mining the Aql X-1 long-term X-ray light curve
Aql X-1 is the prototypical low-mass X-ray binary transient. The Rossi X-ray Timing Explorer All-Sky Monitor provided ∼16 yr coverage, revealing 20 outbursts. This is by far the most extensive legacy of outbursts from the same source. We investigated the outburst characteristics in terms of energetics, peak luminosities, durations, decays …