X-ray detection of Nova Del 2013 with Swift
ATel #5314; Alberto J. Castro-Tirado (IAA-CSIC Granada & Univ. de Málaga), Antonio Martin-Carrillo (UCD) and Lorraine Hanlon (UCD)
on 23 Aug 2013; 16:41 UT
Credential Certification: Alberto J. Castro-Tirado (ajct@iaa.es)
Subjects: X-ray, Nova, Transient
Continuous X-ray monitoring by Swift of Nova Del 2013 (see CBET #3628) shows an
increase of X-ray emission at the source location compared to previous observations
(ATEL #5283, ATEL #5305) during a 3.9 ksec observation at UT 2013-08-22 12:05.
With the XRT instrument operating in window timing mode, 744 counts were extracted
from a 50 pixel long source region and 324 counts from a similar box for a
background region, resulting in a 13-sigma detection with a net count rate of
0.11±0.008 counts/sec.
The spectrum can be fit using a blackbody+power-law model with PhotonIndex=3.8±0.3
and kT=3±3 keV with a chi2/dof of 59/40. The flux in the 0.3-10 keV energy range is
2.83e-12 erg/cm2/s.
We thank the Swift PI, Neil Gehrels, and the Swift mission operations team
for scheduling these observations.