NICER observation list: Target ID 364201

Abstract

Black Hole X-ray binaries regularly show transitions from a power law dominated hard state to a blackbody dominated soft state, and back again. However, these transition do not occur at the same luminosity, with the hard to soft transition occurring at luminosities that are a factor of few higher than the soft to hard state transition. Recent higher order analysis of black hole X-ray binaries over the course of outbursts have shown some evidence that the non-linear properties during these two phases of the outburst are different. We propose ToO observations consisting of 10 NICER observations of 2.5ks each, covering two different stages of the outburst, which will provide valuable insight into the origin of this hysteresis.
Obsid RA DEC l b Start End Exposure Number of
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3642010101 280.572 -11.419 21.726 -3.179 58999.9505 58999.9799 2024.0 52 4 VALIDATED 59004.7 59013
3642010102 280.573 -11.418 21.727 -3.179 59000.0797 59000.0894 774.0 52 3 VALIDATED 59004.7 59014
3642010201 280.573 -11.419 21.726 -3.180 59003.3709 59003.5116 2770.0 52 4 VALIDATED 59011.9 59017
3642010301 280.572 -11.418 21.727 -3.179 59006.6062 59006.6912 2982.0 52 3 VALIDATED 59012.9 59020