A new outburst of the Be/X-ray binary GRO J1008-57 detected by Fermi/GBM
ATel #3805; Ascension Camero-Arranz (USRA), Mark Finger (USRA), Peter Jenke (MSFC/NPP), Valerie Connaughton (UAH)
on 12 Dec 2011; 20:45 UT
Credential Certification: Ascension Camero-Arranz (Ascension.Camero@uv.es)
Subjects: Binary, Neutron Star, Transient, Pulsar
We report on the detection of pulsations of the Be/X-ray binary GRO
J1008-57 in the GBM data from December 9.0-12.0, with a barycenter
frequency of 10.6683(3) mHz and a mean 12-50 keV pulsed flux of 7.5
+/-1.0 mCrab r.m.s. This is the first GBM detection since the
outburst which began in April 2011 (ATel #3254). MAXI reported on a
increase of the X-ray flux for this source on December 5, 2011 (ATel
#3796), which we did not detect.
GBM Pulsar Project
