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Based on long-term SWIFT, RXTE, and MAXI observations of the X-ray novae H 1743-322 (IGR J17464-3213) and GX 339-4, we have investigated the morphology and classified the light curves of their X-ray outbursts. In particular, we have confirmed the existence of two radically different types of outbursts, soft (S) and hard (H), in both sources and revealed their varieties, ultrabright (U) and intermediate (I). The properties and origin of the differences in the light curves of these outbursts are discussed in terms of the truncated accretion disk model.
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The same figure shows the previous very faint hard outburst 3 occurred in July 2008.
The outbursts of GX 339-4 in 2007 and 2009 were investigated with RXTE/ASM; accordingly, the soft 1.3–3 and 3–12.2 keV bands were used in constructing the light curves of these outbursts.
This definitely does not pertain to the 2009–2011 outburst of this source, which had a highly asymmetric shape, but is apparently true for the 2014–2015 outburst as well (see Fig. 10).
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The study is based on the MAXI data provided by RIKEN (JAXA) and the MAXI team, the SWIFT data provided by NASA and the SWIFT team, and the RXTE data provided by the ASM/RXTE team.
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A.G., Yu.D., V.K., and K.O. are grateful to the Space Research Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences for the organization of the work practice during which this study was performed. S.G., I.M., and A.P. are grateful to Basic Research Program no. 12 of the Russian Academy of Sciences (“Questions of the Origin and Evolution of the Universe with the Application of Methods of Ground-Based Observations and Space Research”) and the Russian Foundation for Basic Research (project no. 17-02-01079-a) for their financial support.
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Grebenev, A.S., Dvorkovich, Y.A., Knyazeva, V.S. et al. Morphology of the Light Curves for the X-ray Novae H 1743-322 and GX 339-4 during Their Outbursts in 2005–2019. Astron. Lett. 46, 205–223 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1134/S1063773720040052
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