arXiv 1111.21062011-11-09astro-ph.HE

RXTE-ASM light curves of Cen X-3

Biswajit Paul, Harsha Raichur

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In Paul, Raichur and Mukherjee (2005) we had reported a spectral mode change in the X-ray binary pulsar Cen X-3 using the then available ASM light curves of Cen X-3. Being mindful of the fact that instrument calibration or other issues like gain changes, software issues etc. might give rise to some of the artifacts, we had used the ASM light curves of three other X-ray binary pulsars namely Her X-1, SMC X-1 and Vela X-1 for comparison for the same observation times. In light of the recent finding of Müller et al. (2011); which reports the non-detection of such features in the current ASM light curves available on the HEASARC website and with other instruments like MAXI, SWIFT and INTEGRAL, we would like to point out the inconsistency between the ASM ligthcurves available in 2005 and now. This information will be very useful for other users of ASM light curves.

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