Millisecond dips in the 2007-09 RXTE/PCA light curve of Sco X-1 and one possible occultation event

Serendipitous stellar occultation search is so far the only way to detect the existence of very small, very dim, remote objects in the Solar system. To date, however, there are only very few reported detections for trans-Neptunian objects (TNOs) in optical bands. In the X-ray band, with the RXTE/PCA...

Ausführliche Beschreibung

Gespeichert in:
Bibliographische Detailangaben
Veröffentlicht in:Monthly notices of the Royal Astronomical Society 2011-02, Vol.411 (1), p.427-434
Hauptverfasser: Chang, Hsiang-Kuang, Liu, Chih-Yuan, Chen, Kuan-Ting
Format: Artikel
Sprache:eng
Schlagworte:
Online-Zugang:Volltext
Tags: Tag hinzufügen
Keine Tags, Fügen Sie den ersten Tag hinzu!
Beschreibung
Zusammenfassung:Serendipitous stellar occultation search is so far the only way to detect the existence of very small, very dim, remote objects in the Solar system. To date, however, there are only very few reported detections for trans-Neptunian objects (TNOs) in optical bands. In the X-ray band, with the RXTE/PCA data of Sco X-1 taken from 2007 June to 2009 October, we found one possible X-ray occultation event. We discuss the veracity and properties of this event, and suggest upper limits to the size distribution of TNOs at hectometre size and of main-belt asteroids at decametre size.
ISSN:0035-8711
1365-2966
DOI:10.1111/j.1365-2966.2010.17694.x