MAXI/GSC detection of a new X-ray outburst of 4U 1711-34
ATel #9807; H. Negoro (Nihon U.), S. Ueno, H. Tomida, S. Nakahira, M. Ishikawa, Y. Sugawara (JAXA), T. Mihara, M. Sugizaki, M. Serino, W. Iwakiri, M. Shidatsu, J. Sugimoto, T. Takagi, M. Matsuoka (RIKEN), N. Kawai, N. Isobe, S. Sugita, T. Yoshii, Y. Tachibana, Y. Ono, T. Fujiwara, S. Harita, Y. Muraki (Tokyo Tech), A. Yoshida, T. Sakamoto, Y. Kawakubo, Y. Kitaoka (AGU), H. Tsunemi, R. Shomura (Osaka U.), M. Nakajima, K. Tanaka, T. Masumitsu, T. Kawase (Nihon U.), Y. Ueda, T. Kawamuro, T. Hori, A. Tanimoto, S. Oda (Kyoto U.), Y. Tsuboi, Y. Nakamura, R. Sasaki (Chuo U.), M. Yamauchi, K. Furuya (Miyazaki U.), K. Yamaoka (Nagoya U.) report on behalf of the MAXI team
on 30 Nov 2016; 04:59 UT
Credential Certification: Hitoshi Negoro (negoro@phys.cst.nihon-u.ac.jp)
Subjects: X-ray, Neutron Star, Transient
We report the MAXI/GSC detection of a new X-ray outburst of the transient low mass X-ray binary 4U 1711-34. MAXI/GSC data show that the 4-10 keV X-ray flux has increased since 2016 November 18 (MJD 57710), and reached a maximum of 0.061+/-0.008 photons/s/cm2 (~ 53 mCrab) on November 20. (Note that the 2-4 keV light curve of MAXI data products shows regular false increases due to severe soft X-ray leaks from GX 349+2.) The source flux has been below the detection limit of MAXI/GSC since November 25, and currently can not be observed because the source is close to the sun.
This is the second outburst detected by MAXI for 7 years, and the previous outburst was on 2010 February (ATel #2425).
MAXI data products for 4U 1711-34
