Low-Frequency Radio Transients in the Galactic Center

Scott D. Hyman(1), T. Joseph W. Lazio (2), Namir E. Kassim(2)


(1) Department of Physics, Sweet Briar College, Sweet Briar, VA 24595; hyman@sbc.edu
(3) Naval Research Laboratory, Code 7213, Washington, DC 20375-5320; lazio@rsd.nrl.navy.mil; kassim@rsd.nrl.navy.mil

Paper: AJ, submitted

EPrint Server: astro-ph/0110151


Abstract:

We report the detection of a new radio transient source, GCRT J1746-2757, located only 1.^o1 north of the Galactic center. Consistent with other radio transients toward the Galactic center, this source brightened and faded on a time scale of a few months. No X-ray counterpart was detected. We also report new 0.33 GHz measurements of the radio counterpart to the X-ray transient source, XTE J1748-288, previously detected and monitored at higher radio frequencies. We show that the spectrum of XTE J1748-288 steepened considerably during a period of a few months after its peak. We also discuss the need for a more efficient means of finding additional radio transients.


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