NICER identification of MAXI J1348-630 as a probable black hole X-ray binary

Sanna, A.
Uttley, P.
Altamirano, D.
Homan, J.
Jaisawal, G.K.
Gendreau, K.
Arzoumanian, Z.
Guver, T.
Bozzo, E.
Ferrigno, C.
Papitto, A.
Burderi, L.
Riggio, A.
Di Salvo, T.
Miller, J.M.
Guillot, S.
Neilsen, J.

Publication date

January 2019

Abstract

On 2019 January 26 at 03:16 UT, MAXI/GSC detected the new X-ray transient MAXI J1348-630 (ATel #12425), which was then quickly also observed by Swift/BAT (GCN #23795, #23796, #23797, #23801), INTEGRAL (GCN #23799, ATel #12441), iTelescope.Net T31 (ATel #12430), and the 1-m LCO telescope at Cerro Tololo (ATel #12439)