ASCA Observation of the Quiescent X-ray Counterpart to SGR 1627-41
Hurley, K., Strohmayer, T., Li, P., Kouveliotou, C., Woods, P.,
van Paradijs, J., Murakami, T., Hartmann, D., Smith, I., Ando, M.,
Yoshida, A., and Sugizaki, M.
We present a 2 - 10 keV ASCA observation of the field around the soft
gamma repeater SGR 1627-41.
A quiescent X-ray source was detected in this observation whose position
was consistent both with that of a recently discovered BeppoSAX X-ray
source and with the Interplanetary Network localization for this SGR.
In 2 - 10 keV X-rays, the spectrum of the X-ray source may be fit equally
well by a power law, blackbody, or bremsstrahlung function, with unabsorbed
flux ~5 x 10^-12 erg cm^-2 s^-1.
We do not confirm a continuation of a fading trend in the flux, and we find
no evidence for periodicity, both noted in the earlier BeppoSAX observations.
Status:
2000, ApJ, 528, L21.
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