HEXTE Publications

High Energy X-ray Timing Experiment



Coburn, W.,
``A Study of Magnetic Fields of Accreting X-Ray Pulsars With the Rossi
X-ray Timing Explorer'',
PhD Thesis, UCSD (2001)

Marsden, D., Lingenfelter, and R.E., Rothschild, R.E.,
``Does Pulsar B1757-24 Have a Fallback Disk?'',
Astrophysical Journal Letters V547, N1:L45-L48 (2001).
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D'Amico, F., Heindl, W.A., Rothschild, R.E., and Gruber, D.E.,
``High Energy X-Ray Timing Experiment Detection of Hard X-Ray Tails
in Scorpius X-1'',
Astrophysical Journal, V547, N2:L147-L150 (2001).
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Marsden, D., Lingenfelter, R.E., Rothschild, R.E., Higdon, J.C.,
``Nature vs. Nurture: The Origin of Soft Gamma-ray Repeaters
and Anomalous X-ray Pulsars'',
Astrophysical Journal, V550, N1:397-409 (2001).
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Coburn, W., Heindl, W.A., Gruber, D.E., Rothschild, R.E., Staubert, R.,
Wilms, J., and Kreykenbohm, I.
``Discovery of a Cyclotron Resonant Scattering Feature in the Rossi X-ray
Timing Explorer Spectrum of 4U 0352+309 (X Persei)''
Astrophysical Journal, V552, N2:738-747 (2001).
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Smith, D.M., Heindl, W.A., Markwardt, C.B. and Swank, J.H.,
``A Transition to the Soft State in GRS 1758-258'',
Astrophysical Journal Letters, V554, N1:L41-L44 (2001).
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Corbel, S., Kaaret, P., Jain, R.K., Bailyn, C.D., Fender, R.P.,
Tomsick, J.A.,Kalemci, E., McIntyre, V., Campbell-Wilson, D.,
Miller, J.M., and McCollough, M.L.,
``X-Ray States and Radio Emission in the Black Hole Candidate XTE 1550-564'',
Astrophysical Journal, V554, N1:43-48 (2001).
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Kaplan, D.L., Kulkarni, S.R., van Kerkwijk, M.H., Rothschild, R.E.,
Lingenfelter, R.E., Marsden, D., Danner, R. and Murakami, T.,
``Hubble Space Telescope Observations of SGR 0526-66:
New Constraints on Accretion and Magnetar Models'',
Astrophysical Journal, V556, N1:399-407 (2001).
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Tomsick, J.A., Heindl, W.A., Chakrabarty, D., Halpern, J.P., and Kaaret, P.,
``Keck Measurements of the XTE 2123-058 Radial Velocity Curve'',
Astrophysical Journal Letters, V559, N2:L123-L126 (2001).
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Benlloch, S., Rothschild, R.E., Wilms, J., Reynolds, C.S., Heindl, W.A.,
and Staubert, R.,
``RXTE Monitoring of Cen A'',
Astronomy & Astrophysics, V371, N3:858-864 (2001).
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Nowak, M.A., Wilms, J., Heindl, W.A., Pottschmidt, K., Dove, J.B.,
and Begelman, M.C.,
``A Good Long Look at the Black Hole Candidates LMC X-1 and LMC X-3'',
Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, V320, N3:316-326 (2001).
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Wilms, J., Nowak, M.A., Pottschmidt, K., Heindl, W.A., Dove, J.B.,
and Begelman, M.C.,
``Discovery of Recurring Soft-to-Hard State Transitions in LMC X-3'',
Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, V320, N3:327-340 (2001).
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Wilms, J., Nowak, M.A., Pottschmidt, K., Heindl, W.A., Dove, J.B.,
Begelman, M.C. and Staubert, R.,
``RXTE Monitoring of LMC X-3'',
Proceedings of ESO Workshop: Black Holes in Binaries and Galactic Nuclei,
Springer, 131 (2001).

Pottschmidt, K., Wilms, J., Staubert, R., Nowak, M.A., Dove, J.B.,
Heindl, W.A., and Smith, D.M.,
``Monitoring the Short Term Variability of Cyg X-1'',
Proceedings of ESO Workshop: Black Holes in Binaries and Galactic Nuclei,
Springer, 133 (2001).

Gruber, D.E., Heindl, W.A., Rothschild, R.E., Coburn, W., Staubert, R.,
Kreykenbohm, I., and Wilms, J.,
``Stability of the Cyclotron Resonance Scattering Feature in Her X-1 with RXTE'',
Astrophysical Journal,562,499 (2001).
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Tomsick. J.A., Corbel, S., and Kaaret, P.,
``X-Ray Observations of XTE 1550-564 During the Decay of the 2000 Outburst-
I Chandra and RXTE Spectra'',
Astrophysical Journal,563,229 (2001).
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Kalemci, E., Tomsick, J.A., Rothschild, R.E., Pottschmidt, K., and Kaaret, P.,
``X-Ray Observations of XTE 1550-564 During the Decay of the 2000 Outburst-
II Timing'',
Astrophysical Journal,563,239 (2001).
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D'Amico, F., Heindl, W.A., Rothschild, R.E., Peterson, L.E., Gruber, D.E.,
Pelling, M.R., and Tomsick, J.A.,
``HEXTE Studies of Sco X-1 Spectra: Detections of Hard X-Ray Tails Beyond 200 keV'',
Adv. Space Sci.,28,389 (2001).

Benlloch, S., Rothschild, R.E., Wilms, J., Reynolds, C.S., Heindl, W.A.,
Pottschmidt,K., Orr, A., Kreykenbohm, I., and Staubert, R.,
``RXTE Monitoring of Centaurus A''
Astronomy and Astrophysics, 371, 858 (2001).

D'Amico, F., Heindl, W.A., Rothschild, R.E., and Gruber, D.E.,
``Studies of Hard Tails in Z-sources with RXTE/HEXTE"",
Proceedings of Gamma-Ray Astrophysics,
AIP Conf Proc., 599, 44, (2001).

Benlloch, S., Rothschild, R.E., Wilms, J., Reynolds, C.S., Heindl, W.A.,
Pottschmidt,K., Orr, A., Kreykenbohm, I., and Staubert, R.,
``RXTE Monitoring of Centaurus A''
Proceedings of the X-Ray Astronomy 1999, Stellar End Points, AGN, and the
Diffuse Background Conference
AIP Conf Proc., 599,506, (2001).

Gruber, D.E., and Rephaeli, Y.,
``RXTE Studies of the Starburst Galaxies M82 and NGC253'',
Proceedings of the X-Ray Astronomy 1999, Stellar End Points, AGN, and the
Diffuse Background Conference
AIP Conf Proc., 599,634 (2001).

Kreykenbohm, I., Wilms, J., Kretschmar, P., Staubert, R., Rothschild, R.E.,
Heindl, W.A., and Gruber, D.E.,
``Wind Accretion in HMXRB'',
Proceedings of X-Ray Astronomy 1999, Stellar End Points, AGN, and the
Diffuse Background Conference
AIP Conf Proc., 599, 698, (2001).

Kreykenbohm, I., Kretschmar, P., Wilms, J., Staubert, R., Heindl, W.A.,
Gruber, D.E., and Rothschild, R.E.,
``Two Cyclotron Lines in Vela X-1?'',
Proceedings of X-Ray Astronomy 1999, Stellar End Points, AGN, and the
Diffuse Background Conference
AIP Conf Proc., 599, 702, (2001).

Kuster, M., Wilms, J., Staubert, R., Gruber, D.E., Rothschild, R.E., and
Heindl, W.A.,
``Her X-1 X-ray Turn-On Monitored by RXTE'',
Proceedings of X-Ray Astronomy 1999, Stellar End Points, AGN, and the
Diffuse Background Conference
AIP Conf Proc., 599, 706, (2001).

MacDonald, D.R., Gruber, D.E., and Boldt, E.A.,
``Measurements of Fluctuations in the Hard X-ray Background With RXTE''
Proceedings of X-Ray Astronomy 1999, Stellar End Points, AGN, and the
Diffuse Background Conference
AIP Conf Proc., 599, 734, (2001).

Rothschild, R.E., Marsden, D., and Lingenfelter, R.E.,
``Magnetic Field Limit on SGR 1900+14'',
Proceedings of X-Ray Astronomy 1999, Stellar End Points, AGN, and the
Diffuse Background Conference
AIP Conf Proc., 599, 906, (2001).

In Press / Submitted

Smith, D.M., Heindl, W.A., and Swank, J.H.,
``Evidence for Two Independent Accretion Flows in Galactic Black Hole Candidates'',
Astrophysical Journal, (2001) (in press).

Heindl, W.A., and Smith, D.M.,
``Chandra Observations of GRS 1728-258'',
Proceedings of High Energy Universe at Sharp Focus: Chandra Science'',
ASP (2001) (in press).

Bradt, H., Rothschild, R.E., and Swank, J.H.,
``Highlights of RXTE Studies of Compact Objects After ˜ 5 Years"
Proceedings of Ninth Marcel Grossman Meeting,
World Scientific, (2001) (in press).

Rothschild, R.E., Marsden, D., and Lingenfelter, R.E.,
``Fossil Disks and Propellor Spindown of SGR/AXPs'',
Proceedings of Rome 2000 mini-Conference on SGRs and AXPs,
Mem. S. A. It., (2001) (in press).

Marsden, D., Lingenfelter, R.E., and Rothschild, R.E.,
``Resolution of the Age Discrepancies in Pulsar/SNR Associations'',
Proceedings of Rome 2000 mini-Conference on SGRs and AXPs,
Mem. S. A. It., (2001) (in press).

Rothschild, R.E., Lingnefelter, R.E., and Marsden, D.,
``Propeller vs. Magnetar Concepts for SGR/AXPs'',
Proceedings of Neutron Stars in Supernova Remnants,
ASP, (2001) (submitted).



Madejski, G.M., Zycki, P., Done, C., Valinia, A., Blanco, P., Rothschild, R.,
and Turek, B.,
`Structure of the Circumnuclear Region of Seyfert 2 Galaxies Revealed by
Rossi X-Ray Timing Explorer Hard X-Ray Observations of NGC 4945'',
Astrophysical Journal Letters,V535, N2:L87 (2000).
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Sambruna, R., Aharonian, F.A., Krawczynski, H., the HEGRA collaboration,
Chou,L., Coppi, P.S., Rothschild, R., and Urry, C.M.,
``Correlated Intense X-ray and TeV Activity of Mrk 501 in 1998 June'',
Astrophysical Journal,V538, N1:127-133 (2000).
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Pottschmidt, K., Wilms, J., Nowak, M. A., Heindl, W. A., Smith, D. M.,
and Staubert, R.,
``Temporal evolution of X-ray lags in Cygnus X-1'',
Astronomy and Astrophysics, V357, N1: L17-L20 (2000).
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Coburn, W., Heindl, W.A., Wilms, J., Gruber, D.E., Staubert, R.,
Rothschild,R.E., Postnov, K.A., Shakura, N., Risse, P., Kreykenbohm, I.,
and Pelling, M.R.,
``The 1999 Hercules X-1 Anomalous Low State"",
Astrophysical Journal, V543, N1:351-358 (2000).
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Rothschild, R.E., Marsden, D., and Lingenfelter, R.E.,
``Magnetic Field Limit on SGR 1900+14'',
Proceedings of 5th Huntsville Gamma-ray Burst Symposium,
AIP Conf. Proc. 526, 842 (2000).

Marsden, D., Lingenfelter, R., Rothschild, R., and Higdon, J.,
``Environmental Influences in SGRs and AXPs'',
Proceedings of 5th Huntsville Gamma-ray Burst Symposium,
AIP Conf. Proc. 526, 847 (2000).

Collmar, W., Benlloch, S., Grove, J.E., Hartman, R.C., Heindl, W.A.,
Kraus, A., Terasranta, H., Villata, M., Bennett, K., Bloemen, H.,
Johnson, W.N., Krichbaum, T., Raiteri, C.M., Ryan, J., Sobrito, G.,
Schonfelder, V., Willams, O.R., and Wilms, J.,
``Multifrequency Observations of the Virgo Blazars 3C 273 and
3C 279 in CGRO Cycle 8'',
Proceedings of 5th Compton Symposium,
AIP Conf. Proc. 526, 303 (2000).

Coburn, W., Gruber, D.E., Heindl, W.A., Pelling, M.R., Rothschild, R.E.,
Staubert, R., Kreykenbohm, I., Risse, P., and Wilms. J.,
``The 1999 Her X-1 Anomalous Low State'',
Proceedings of 5th Compton Symposium,
AIP Conf. Proc. 526, 158 (2000).

Heindl, W.A., Coburn, W., Gruber, D.E., Pelling, M., Rothschild, R.E.,
Kretschmar, P., Kreykenbohm, I., Wilms, J., Pottschmidt, K., and Staubert, R.,
``RXTE Studies of Cyclotron Lines in Accreting Pulsars'',
Proceedings of 5th Compton Symposium,
AIP Conf. Proc. 526, 178 (2000).

Heindl, W.A., Coburn, W., Gruber, D.E., Pelling, M., Rothschild, R.E.,
Wilms,J., Pottschmidt, K., and Staubert,R.
``Multiple Cyclotron Lines in the Spectrum of 4U 0115+63'',
Proceedings of 5th Compton Symposium,
AIP Conf. Proc. 526, 173 (2000).

Kretschmar, P., Kreykenbohm, I., Wilms, J., Staubert, R., Heindl, W.A.,
Gruber,D.E., and Rothschild, R.E.,
``Disappearing Pulses in Vela X-1'',
Proceedings of 5th Compton Symposium,
AIP Conf. Proc. 526, 163 (2000).

Pottschmidt, K., Wilms, J., Staubert, R., Nowak, M.A., Dove, J.B.,
Heindl, W.A., and Smith, D.A.,
``Monitoring the Short-Term Variability of Cyg X-1: Spectra and Timing'',
Proceedings of 5th Compton Symposium,
AIP Conf. Proc. 526, 109 (2000).

Wilms, J., Nowak, M.A., Pottschmidt, Heindl, W.A., Dove, J.B., Begelman, M.C.,
and Staubert, R.,
``RXTE Monitoring of LMC X-3: Recurrent Hard States'',
Proceedings of 5th Compton Symposium,
AIP Conf. Proc. 526, 119 (2000).



Marsden, D.C.,
``X-ray Observations of Soft Gamma Ray Repeaters'',
Ph. D. Thesis, UCSD 1999.

MacDonald, D.R.,
``Measuring the Granularity of the Diffuse Hard X-ray Background'',
Ph. D. Thesis, UCR, 1999.

Kreykenbohm, I., Kretschmar, P., Wilms, J., Staubert, R., Kendziorra, E.,
Gruber, D.E., Heindl, W.A., and Rothschild, R.E.,
``Vela X--1 as Seen by RXTE',
Astronomy and Astrophysics, V341, 141 (1999).
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Stelzer, B., Wilms, J., Staubert, R., Gruber, D.E., and Rothschild, R.E.,
``Evolution of Spectral Parameters During a Pre-eclipse Dip of Her X-1'',
Astronomy and Astrophysics, V342, 736 (1999).
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Rothschild, R.E., Band, D.L., Blanco, P.R., Gruber, D.E., Heindl, W.A.,
MacDonald, D.R., Marsden, D.C., Jahoda, K., Pierce, D., Madejeski, G.,
Elvis, M., Schwartz, D.A., Remillard, R., Zdziarski, A.A., Done, C.,
and Svensson, R.,
``Observation of Cen A by the Rossi X-Ray Timing Explorer'',
Astrophysical Journal, V510, 651 (1999) .
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Rephaeli, Y., Gruber, D.E., and Blanco, P.R.,
``RXTE Observations of the Coma Cluster'',
Astrophysical Journal Letters, V511, L21 (1999).
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Fender, R, Corbel, S., Tzioumis, T., McIntyre, V., Campbell-Wilson,D.,
Nowak, M., Sood, R., Hunstead, R., Harmon, A., Durouchoux, P.,
and Heindl,W.A.,
``Quenching of the Radio Jet During the X-Ray High State of GX399-4'',
Astrophysical Journal Letters, V519, L165 (1999).
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Marsden, D., Rothschild, R.E., andLingenfelter, R.E.,
``Is SGR 1900+14 a Magnetar?'',
Astrophysical Journal Letters, V520, L107 (1999).
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Heindl, W.A., Coburn, W., Gruber, D.E., Pelling, M.P., Rothschild, R.E.,
Wilms, J., Pottschmidt, K., Staubert, R.,
``Discovery of a Third Harmonic Cyclotron Resonance Scattering Feature
in the X-ray Spectrum of 4U0115+63'',
Astrophysical Journal Letters, V521, L49 (1999).
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Main, D.S., Smith, D. M., Heindl, W. A., Swank, J., Leventhal, M.,
Mirabel, I. F., and Rodriguez, L.F.,
``Long-Term X-Ray Monitoring of 1E 1740.7-2942 and GRS 1758-258'',
Astrophysical Journal, V525, 901 (1999)
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Wilms, J., Nowak, M.A., Dove, J.B., Pottschmidt, K., Heindl, W.A.,
Begelman, M.C., and Staubert, R.,
``RXTE Observations of LMC X--1 and LMC X--3'',
Proceedings of Highlights in X-Ray Astronomy,
MPE Report 272, 98 (1999).

Heindl, W.A., and Chakrabarty, D.,
``New Results on Cyclotron Lines and Neutron Star Magnetic Fields'',
Proceedings of Highlights in X-Ray Astronomy,
MPE Report 272, 25 (1999).

Kretschmar, P., Kreykenbohm, I., Wilms, J., Staubert, R., Kendziorra, E.,
Gruber, D.E., Heindl, W.A., and Rothschild, R.E.,
``Cyclotron Lines In RXTE Spectra of Vela X--1'',
Proceedings of Highlights in X-Ray Astronomy,
MPE Report 272, 45 (1999).

Gruber, D.E., Heindl, W.A., Rothschild, R.E., Staubert, R., Wilms, J.,
and Scott, D.M.
``On the Stability of the Cyclotron Line of Her X--1",
Proceedings of Highlights in X-Ray Astronomy,
MPE Report 272, 33 (1999).

Stelzer, B., Wilms, J., Staubert, R., Gruber, D., and Rothschild, R.,
``Her X-1: Spectral Parameters during a pre-eclipse dip'',
Proceedings of Highlights in X-Ray Astronomy,
MPE Report 272, 37 (1999).

Gruber, D.E., Heindl, W.A., Rothschild, R.E., Staubert, R., Wilms, J.,
and Scott, D.M.
``Stability of the Cyclotron Line in Her X-1'',
Proceedings of 3rd INTEGRAL Workshop ``The Extreme Universe'',
Astrophysical Letters & Communications, V38, N1:153-156 (1999).

Wilms, J., Nowak, M.A., Dove, J.B., Pottschmidt, K., Heindl,W.A.,
Begelman, M.C., and Staubert, R.,
``LMC X-1 and LMC X-3 as seen by RXTE'',
Proceedings of 3rd INTEGRAL Workshop ``The Extreme Universe'',
Astrophysical Letters & Communications, V38,273 (1999).

Kuster, M., Wilms, J., Blum, S., Staubert, R., Gruber, D.E.,
Rothschild, R.E., and Heindl, W.A.,
``Complete Coverage of an X-Ray Turn-On of Her X-1 by RXTE'',
Proceedings of 3rd INTEGRAL Workshop ``The Extreme Universe'',
Astrophysical Letters & Communications, V38,161 (1999).

Kretschmar, P., Wilms, J., Staubert, R., Kendziorra, E.,
Kreykenbohm, I., Gruber, D.E., Heindl, W.A., and Rothschild, R.E.,
``New Observations of the Vela X-1 Cyclotron Lines with RXTE ---
Preliminary Results'',
Proceedings of 3rd INTEGRAL Workshop ``The Extreme Universe'',
Astrophysical Letters & Communications, V38,157 (1999).

Rephaeli, Y. and Gruber, D.,
``RXTE Spectrum of the Coma Cluster'',
Proceedings of 3rd INTEGRAL Workshop ``The Extreme Universe'',
Astrophysical Letters & Communications, V38,165[633] (1999).



Rothschild, R.E., Blanco, P.R., Gruber, D.E., Heindl, W.A., Marsden, D.R.,
MacDonald, M.R., Pelling, M.R., Wayne, L.R., and Hink, P.L.,
``In-Flight Performance of the High Energy X-Ray Timing Experiment on
the Rossi X-Ray Timing Explorer'',
Astrophysical Journal, V496, 538, (1998).
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Smith, D.M., Main, D., Marshall, F., Swank, J., Heindl, W.A.,
Leventhal, M., in't Zand, J.J.M., and Heise, J.,
``XTE J1739-302: An Unusual New X-Ray Transient'',
Astrophysical Journal Letters, V501, L181 (1998).
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Rots, A.H., Jahoda, K., Macomb, D.J., Kawai, N., Saito, Y., Kaspi, V.M.,
Lyne, A.G., Manchester, R.N., Backer, D.C., Somer, A., Marsden, D.,
and Rothschild, R.E.,
``RXTE Absolute Timing Results for the Pulsars B1821--24 and B1509--58'',
Astrophysical Journal, V501, 749 (1998).
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Marsden, D., Gruber, D.E., Heindl, W.A., Pelling, M.R., and Rothschild, R.E.,
``Discovery of a New 89 Second X-Ray Pulsar: XTE J1906+09'',
Astrophysical Journal Letters, V502, L129, (1998).
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Heindl, W.A., and Smith, D.M.,
``The X-Ray Spectrum of SAX J1808.4--3658'',
Astrophysical Journal Letters, V506, L35, (1998).
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Wayne, L.R., Heindl, W.A., Hink, P.L., and Rothschild, R.E.,
``Response of NaI(Tl) to X-rays and Electrons'',
Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research A,
V411, 351, (1998).

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Rothschild, R.E., Lingenfelter, R.E., Blanco, P.R., Gruber, D.E.,
Heindl, W.A., MacDonald, D., Marsden, D.F., Pelling, M.R., Jahoda, K.,
Allen, G.E., Swank, J.H., Woosley, S.E., Nomoto, K., and Higdon, J.C.,
``RXTE Observations of Cas A'',
Nuclear Physics B (Proc. Suppl.), 69/1--3, 68 (1998).
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Gruber, D.E., Heindl, W.A., Rothschild, R.E., Staubert, R., and Wilms, J.,
``Magnetic Features in the Spectrum of Her X--1'',
Nuclear Physics B (Proc. Suppl.), 69/1--3, 174 (1998).
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Stelzer, B., Staubert, R., Wilms, J., Kreykenbohm, I., Gruber, D.,
and Rothschild, R.,
``RXTE Observations of Her X-1'',
Nuclear Physics B (Proc. Suppl.), 69/1--3, 182, (1998).
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Heindl, W., Blanco, P., Gruber, D., Pelling, M., Rothschild, R.,
and Jahoda, K.,
``A Search For Cyclotron Lines in the Bursting Pulsar, GRO J1744-28'',
Nuclear Physics B (Proc. Suppl.), 69/1--3, 216, (1998).
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Gruber, D.E. and Rephaeli, Y.,
``RXTE Observations of the Starburst Galaxy M82'',
Nuclear Physics B (Proc. Suppl.), 69/1--3, 550, (1998).
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Gruber, D.E., MacDonald, D., Rothschild, R.E., Boldt, E., Mushotzky, R.F.,
and Fabian, A.C.,
``Granularity of the Diffuse Background Observed'',
Nuclear Physics B (Proc. Suppl.), 69/1--3, 625, (1998).
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Marsden, D., Rothschild,R.E., Kouveliotou, C., Dieters, S.,and
van Paradijs, J., ``RXTE Observations of the SGR 1806-20 Steady Emission'',
Neutron Stars and Pulsars, Universal Academy Press, 47, (1998).

Peterson, L.E., Marsden, D., Blanco, P., Gruber, D.E., Heindl, W.A.,
Pelling, M.R., Rothschild, R.E., Hink, P.L., Swank, J., Jahoda, K.,
and Rots, A.,
``Radio Pulsars Observed at X-Ray Energies by the X-Ray Timing Explorer'',
Advances in Space Research, 22, 981 (1998).
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Cui, W., Heindl, W.A., Rothschild, R.E., Zhang, S.N., Jahoda, K.,and Focke, W.,
``Rossi X-Ray Timing Explorer Observation of Cygnus X--1 in its High State'',
Astrophysical Journal, V474, L57 (1997).
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Augusteijn, T., Greiner, J., Kouveliotou, C., van Paradijs, J., Lidman, C.,
Blanco, P., Fishman, G.J., Briggs, M.S., Kommers, J., Rutledge, R., Lewin,W.H.G.,
Henden, A.H., Luginbuhl, C.B., and Vrba, F.,
``Rosat Position of GROJ1744--28 and Search for its Near-Infrared Counterpart'',
Astrophysical Journal, V486, 1013 (1997).
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Cui, W., Heindl, W.A., Swank, J.H., Smith, D.M., Morgan, E.H.,
Remillard, R., and Marshall, F.E.,
``RXTE Observations of a New X-Ray Transient: GRS 1737--31'',
Astrophysical Journal Letters, V487, L73, (1997).
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Allen, G.E., Keohane, J.W., Gotthelf, E.V., Petre, R., Jahoda, K.,
Rothschild, R.E., Lingenfelter, R.E., Heindl, W.A., Marsden, D.,
Gruber, D.E., Pelling, M.R., and Blanco, P.R.,
``Evidence of X-Ray Synchroton Emission from Electrons Accelerated
to 40 TeV in the Supernova Remnant Cassiopeia A'',
Astrophysical Journal Letters, V487, L97 (1997).
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Smith, D.M., Heindl, W.A., Swank, J., Leventhal, M., Mirabel, I.F.,
and Rodriguez, L.F.,
``X-Ray Timing in 1E 1740.7--2942 and GRS 1758--258'',
Astrophysical Journal Letters, V489, L51 (1997).
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Marsden, D., Blanco, P.R., Gruber, D.E., Heindl, W.A., Pelling, M.R.,
Peterson, L.E., Rothschild, R.E., Rots, A.H., Jahoda, K., and Macomb, D.J.,
``The X-Ray Spectrum of the Plerionic System PSR B1509--58/MSH 15--52'',
Astrophysical Journal Letters, V491, L39, (1997)
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Cui, W., Zhang, S.N., Jahoda, K., Focke, W., Swank, J., Heindl, W.A.,
Rothschild, R.E., A.A., Gierlinski, M., and Hink, P.L.,
``X-ray Variability of Cygnus X--1 in its Soft State'',
Second INTEGRAL Workshop, 209 (1997).

Kretschmar, P., Kreykenbohm, I., Wilms, J., Staubert, R., Maisack, M.,
Kendziorra, E., Heindl, W., Rothschild, R., Gruber, D., Grove, J.E.,
Wilms, J., Dove, J., Staubert, R., and Begelman, M.C.,
``Preliminary Results from Vela X--1 Observations by RXTE'',
Second INTEGRAL Workshop, 141 (1997).

Rothschild, R.E., Heindl, W.A., Blanco, P.R., Gruber, D.E,
Marsden, D.C., Pelling, M.R.,Jahoda, K., Madejski, G., Swank, J.H.,
Zdziarski, A.A., Gierlinski and Hink., P.L.,
``RXTE Observations of AGN'',
Second INTEGRAL Workshop, 393 (1997).

Rothschild, R.E., Lingenfelter, R.E., Heindl, W.A., Blanco, P.R.,
Pelling, M.R., Gruber, D.E., Allen, G.E., Jahoda, K., Swank, J.H.,
Woosley, S.E., Nomoto,K., and Higdon, J.C.,
``RXTE Observations of Cas A'',
Proceedings of 4th Compton Symposium on Gamma-Ray Astronomy
& Astrophysics,
AIP Conf. Proc. 410, 1089, (1997).

Stelzer, R., Staubert, R., Wilms, Geckeler, R.D., Gruber, D.,
and Rothschild, R.,
``Evolution of the Orbital Period of Her X--1:
Determination of a New Ephemeris Using RXTE Data'',
Proceedings of 4th Compton Symposium on Gamma-Ray Astronomy
& Astrophysics,
AIP Conf. Proc. 410, 753, (1997).

Gruber, D.E., Heindl, W.A., and Rothschild, R.E.,
``RXTE Spectroscopy of Her X--1'',
Proceedings of 4th Compton Symposium on Gamma-Ray Astronomy
& Astrophysics,
AIP Conf. Proc. 410, 744, (1997).

Heindl, W.A., Blanco, P., Gruber, D., Pelling, M., Rothschild, R.,
and Morgan, E.,
``The Hard X-ray Spectrum of GRS1915+105'',
Proceedings of 4th Compton Symposium on Gamma-Ray Astronomy
& Astrophysics,
AIP Conf. Proc. 410, 897,(1997).

Kretschmar, P., Kreykenbohm, I., Wilms, J., Staubert, R., Wilms, J.,
Maisack, M., Kendziorra, E., Heindl, W., Gruber, D., Rothschild, R.,
and Grove, E.,
``Observations of Vela X--1 with RXTE'',
Proceedings of 4th Compton Symposium on Gamma-Ray Astronomy
& Astrophysics,
AIP Conf. Proc. 410, 788, (1997).

Focke, W., Swank, J., Philips, B., Heindl, W., and Cui, W.,
``Spectral Variability of Cygnus X--1 in the Soft State'',
Proceedings of 4th Compton Symposium on Gamma-Ray Astronomy
& Astrophysics,
AIP Conf. Proc. 410, 854, (1997).

MacDonald, D. R., Zych, A. D., Gruber, D E., Blanco, P. R., Heindl, W. A.,
Marsden, D., Rothschild, R. E., Boldt, E., Mushotzky, R. F., Fabian, A. C.,
Antunes, A., and Smith, E.,
``Observing the Granularity in the X-Ray Background with RXTE",
189th American Astronomical Society Meeting,Toronto, Ontario, January 1997,
Bulletin of the American Astronomical Society, V28, 4 1316 (1997)

Rothschild, R. E.,
``RXTE Broad Band X-Ray Spectroscopy''
189th American Astronomical Society Meeting,Toronto, Ontario, January 1997,
Bulletin of the American Astronomical Society, V28, 4 1342 (1997)

Marsden, D., Rothschild, R. E., Gruber, D. E., Heindl, W. A.,
Blanco, P. R., Pelling, M. R., Lingenfelter, R. E., Rots, A. H.,
Macomb, D. J., Kaspi, V. M., Hink, P. L., and MacDonald, D. R.,
``RXTE Observations of PSR B1509-58/MSH 15-52'',
189th American Astronomical Society Meeting,Toronto, Ontario, January 1997,
Bulletin of the American Astronomical Society, V28, 4 1315 (1997)

Rothschild, R. E.,
``Hard X-Ray Results from the Rossi X-Ray Timing Explorer'',
Perspectives in High Energy and Astronomy & Astrophysics,
August 12-17, 1996, TIFR Bombay, India (1996), Invited Talk. 1997

Rothschild, R. E.,
``RXTE and the Most Luminous Objects in Our Universe'',
AAAS meeting, Seattle, WA, 13-17 Feb. 1997



Gruber, D.E., Blanco, P.R., Heindl, W.A., Pelling, M.R., Rothschild, R.E.,
and Hink, P.L.,
``The High Energy X-Ray Timing Experiment on XTE'',
Astronomy and Astrophysics Supplement, V120, 641 (1996).
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Marsden, D., Rothschild, R.E., Lingenfelter, R.E., and Puetter, R.C.,
``ROSAT Observations of the Soft Gamma Ray Burst Error Box
Coincident with the Supernova Remnant N49'',
Astrophysical Journal, V470, 513 (1996).
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Gondek, D., Zdziarski, A.A., Johnson, W.N., George, I.M.,
McNaron-Brown, K., Magdziarz, P., Smith, D., and Gruber, D.E.,
``The Average X-Ray/Gamma-Ray Spectrum of Radio-Quiet Seyfert 1s'',
Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, V282, 646 (1996).
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Rothschild, R.E., and Lingenfelter, R.E. eds.,
High Velocity Neutron Stars and Gamma-Ray Bursts,
AIP Conf. Proc. 366, (1996).

Rothschild, R.E.,
``Review of Observational Properties of Soft Gamma-Ray Repeaters'',
Proceedings of High Velocity Neutron Star and Gamma Ray Burst Workshop,
AIP Conf. Proc. 366, 51 (1996).

Marsden, D., Rothschild, R., and Lingenfelter, R.,
``ROSAT Observations of Supernova Remnant N49'',
Proceedings of High Velocity Neutron Star and Gamma Ray Burst Workshop,
AIP Conf. Proc. 366, 102 (1996).

Marsden, D., Rothschild, R.E., Lingenfelter, R.E., and Puetter, R.C.,
``ROSAT Observations of Supernova Remnant N49'',
Proceedings of Gamma-Ray Bursts, 3rd Huntsville, Symposium,
AIP Conf. Proc. 384, 951 (1996).

Rothschild, R. E.,
``Spectra of Active Galaxies Observed by XTE'',
31st Scientific Assembly of COSPAR, July 14-21, 1996,
Birmingham, England, 250 (1996).

Gruber, D. E.,
``Binary X-Ray Sources Observed by XTE'',
31st Scientific Assembly of COSPAR, July 14-21, 1996,
Birmingham, England, 250 (1996).

Peterson, L. E., Blanco, P., Gruber, D. E., Heindl, W. A.,
Pelling, M. R., and Hink, P.,
``Radio Pulsars Observed at X-Ray Energies by the X-Ray
Timing Explorer'',
31st Scientific Assembly of COSPAR, July 14-21, 1996,
Birmingham, England, 250 (1996).

Heindl, W. A., Blanco, P., Gruber, D. E., Pelling, M. R.,
Rothschild, R. E., and Hink, P.,
``Observations of GRO J1744-28 with the HEXTE on XTE'',
31st Scientific Assembly of COSPAR, July 14-21, 1996,
Birmingham, England, 250 (1996).

Heindl, W., Blanco, P., Gruber, D. E., Pelling, M. R.,
Rothschild, R. E., and Hink, P.,
``Observations of GRO J1744-28 with the HEXTE on XTE''
HEAD, April 29 - May 4, 1996, San Diego, CA, 13 (1996).

Rothschild, R. E., Gruber, D. E., Pelling, M. R., Blanco, P. R.,
Heindl, W. A., Marsden, D. C., van de Kop, T., and Hink, P. L.,
``In-Flight Performance of the High Energy X-Ray Timing
Experiment (HEXTE)'',
HEAD, April 29 - May 4, 1996, San Diego, CA, 8 (1996).

van de Kop, T., Rothschild, R. E., Gruber, D. E., Pelling, M. R.,
Blanco, P. R., Heindl, W. A., Swank, J., and Jahoda, K.,
``Observations of MCG8-11-11 with XTE'',
HEAD, April 29 - May 4, 1996, San Diego, CA, 139 (1996).

Blanco, P., Rothschild, R., Marsden, D., Jahoda, K., and the XTE
instrument teams,
``XTE In-Orbit Checkout Observations of the Perseus Cluster
and Cas A'',
HEAD, April 29 - May 4, 1996, San Diego, CA, 112 (1996).

Marsden, D., Rothschild, R. E., Gruber, D. E., Heindl, W. H., Blanco,
P. R., Pelling, M. R., Swank, J., and Jahoda, K.,
``HEXTE IOC Observations of the Crab and PSR 1509-058'',
HEAD, April 29 - May 4, 1996, San Diego, CA, 66 (1996).

Blanco, P.
``First Results on Active Galaxies with the X-Ray Timing Explorer''
Invited talk at the Koninki Workshop on Black Holes & Galaxies,
Koninki, Poland June 10-14, 1996.

Rothschild, R. E.,
``Eyes on the Universe''
Reuben H. Fleet Space Theater, 1996.



Rothschild, R. E., Matteson, J. L., Heindl, W., and Peterson, L. E.,
``The Continuous Hard X-Ray Imager for Astrophysics'',
SPIE, V2518, 13, (1995).

Swank, J.H., Jahoda, K., Zhang, W., Giles, A.B., Marshall, F.M.,
Bradt, H.V., Levine, A.M., Morgan, E.H., Remillard, R.A., Rothschild, R.E.,
Gruber, D.E., Hink, P.L., and Pelling, M.R.,
``The X-Ray Timing Explorer: Progress and Science Prospects'',
Proceedings of Lives of Neutron Stars,
NATO ASI 450, 525 (1995).

Bradt, H., Rothschild, R.E., and Swank, H.,
``X-Ray Timing Explorer Mission'',
Paper presented at the Frascati Workshop 1995:
Multifrequency Behavior of High Energy Cosmic Sources
May 22--27, Vulcano, Italy, (1995) (In Press).

Rothschild, R. E., Blanco, P., Gruber, D. E., Heindl, W., Hink, P. L.,
and Pelling, M. R.,
``The High Energy X-Ray Timing Experiment (HEXTE)'',
Bulletin of the American Physical Society, V40, 980 (1995).

Wayne, L., Heindl, W., and Rothschild, R.,
``Calibration of a HEXTE Phoswich Detector at the National
Synchrotron Light Source'',
Bulletin of the American Astronomical Society, V27, 1453 (1995).

Rothschild, R. E.,
``Taking the Pulse of the Universe'',
San Diego L-5 Society, 1995.

Rothschild, R. E.,
``X-Ray Astronomy'',
San Diego Optical Society, 1995.

Angello, S.,
``The High Energy X-Ray Timing Experiment'',
July 21, 1995.



Rothschild, R. E., Kulkarni, S. R., and Lingenfelter, R. E.,
``Discovery of an X-Ray Source Coincident with the Soft
Gamma-Ray Repeater 0525-66'',
Nature, V368 (1994).

Band, D. L., Cohen, R. D., Blanco, P. R., Junkkarinen, V. T.,
Burbidge, E. M., and Rothschild, R. E.,
``HST, IUE and ROSAT Observations of High Z QSOS'',
Proceedings of the 159th Symposium of the International
Astronomical Union,
Geneva, Switzerland, 1993,
T.J.-L. Courvoisier and A. Blecha (eds), 318 (1994).

Bradt, H., Rothschild, R., and Swank, J.,
``X-Ray Timing Explorer Mission'',
Proceedings of the International Conference on Non-Particle
Accelerator Physics,
Bangalore, India, January 1994.(In Press)

Rothschild, R., Puetter, R., and Marsden, D.,
``ROSAT Observations of N49: Temporal/Imaging Results'',
High Energy Astrophysics Division of the American Astronomical Society,
November 2-5, 1994, Napa Valley, CA, 58 (1994).

Bradt, H., Rothschild, R., and Swank, J.,
``The X-Ray Timing Experiment'',
High Energy Astrophysics Division of the American Astronomical Society,
November 2-5, 1994, Napa Valley, CA, 120 (1994).

Heindl, W. A., Rothschild, R. E., Hink, P. L., Gruber, D. E.,
and Pelling, M. R.,
``Results of Science Performance Testing of the High Energy X-Ray
Timing Experiment (HEXTE)'',
High Energy Astrophysics Division of the American Astronomical Society,
November 2-5, 1994, Napa Valley, CA, 126 (1994).



Bradt, H.V., Rothschild, R.E., and Swank, J.H.,
``X-Ray Timing Explorer Mission'',
Astronomy and Astrophysics Supp. Series, V97, 355, (1993).
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Rothschild, R. E., Lingenfelter, R. E., Seward, F. D., and Vancura., O.,
``An X-Ray Counterpart to the 5 March 1979 Gamma Ray Burst?'',
AIP Conference Proceedings 280: Compton Gamma-Ray Observatory
(AIP: New York), eds. M. Friedlander, N. Gehrels & D. J. Macomb, 808 (1993).

Hink, P. L., Gruber, D. E., Pelling, M. R., and Rothschild, R. E.,
``Design of the High Energy X-Ray Timing Experiment'',
SPIE,(unpublished abstract) (1993).

Rothschild, R. E., and Lingenfelter, R. E.,
``ROSAT HRI Observation of the 5 March 1979 Gamma Ray Burst Site'',
182nd American Astronomical Society Meeting, Berkeley, CA, June 1993,
Bulletin of the American Astronomical Society, V25, 923 (1993).

Pelling, M., Gruber, D., Hink, P., and Rothschild, R.,
``Performance of the High Energy X-Ray Timig Experiment on XTE",
182nd American Astronomical Society Meeting, Berkeley, CA, June 1993,
Bulletin of the American Astronomical Society, V25, 889 <1993)



Rothschild, R.E.,
``X-Ray Background Investigations with the X-Ray Timing Explorer'',
The X-Ray Background, X. Barcons and A.C.Fabian (eds),
291, (1992)

Hink, P., Pelling, M., and Rothschild, R.,
``Performance of HEXTE Engineering Model Phoswich Detectors'',
SPIE, V1743, 140, (1992).

`X-Ray Timing Explorer - Taking the Pulse of the Universe'',
Brochure prepared by the XTE Science Working Group for
distribution at the January 1992 AAS meeting.



Petterson, J. A., Rothschild, R. E., and Gruber, D. E.,
``A Model for the 35 Day Variations in the Pulse Profile
of Hercules X-1'',
Astrophysical Journal, V378, 696 (1991).
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Bradt, H.V., Swank, J.H., and Rothschild, R.E.,
``The X-Ray Timing Explorer'',
Advances in Space Research, V11, 243, (1991).

Hink, P.L., Rothschild, R.E., Pelling, M.R., MacDonald, D.R.,
and Gruber, D.E.,
``The UCSD High Energy X-Ray Timing Experiment Cosmic Ray
Particle Anticoincidence Detector'',
SPIE, V1549, 193, (1991).

Pelling, M.R., Rothschild, R.E., and MacDonald, D.R.,
``Design and Performance of an Automatic Gain Control System
for the High Energy X-Ray Timing Experiment'',
SPIE, V1549, 134, (1991).

Rothschild, R.E., Pelling, M.R., and Hink, P.L.,
``UCSD High Energy X-Ray Timing Experiment Magnetic Shield
Design and Test Results'',
SPIE, V1549, 120, (1991).



Bradt, H.V., Swank, J.H., and Rothschild, R.E.,
``The X-Ray Timing Explorer'',
Advances in Space Research, V10, 297, (1990).

Soong, Y., Gruber, D. E., Peterson, L. E., and Rothschild, R. E.,
``Spectral Behavior of Hercules X-1: Its Long-Term Variability
and Pulse Phase Spectroscopy'',
Astrophysical Journal, V348, 641 (1990).
Soong, Y., Gruber, D. E., Peterson, L. E., and Rothschild, R. E.,
``Temporal Behavior of Hercules X-1: The Long-Term Variability of
Its Pulse Profile and the 35 Day X-Ray Intensity Modulation'',
Astrophysical Journal, V348, 634 (1990).
Bradt, H.V., Levine, A.M., Morgan, E.H., Remillard, R.A., Swank, J.H.,
Dingus, B.L., Holt, S.S., Jahoda, K.M., Rothschild, R.E., Gruber, D.E.,
Hink, P.L., Pelling, R.M., and Jernigan, J.G.,
``The X-Ray Timing Explorer''
Observatories in Earth Orbit and Beyond, IAU Colloquium 123, 89, (1990).

Rothschild, R.E., and Gruber, D. E.,
``Hard X-Ray Reflection Spectrum from Nova Ophiuchi 1977'',
Bulletin of the American Astronomical Society, V22, 738 (1990)

Rothschild, R.E., and Gruber, D. E.,
``100 keV Flux from Nova Ophiuchi 1977'',
Bulletin of the American Astronomical Society, V22, 738 (1990).



Rothschild, R.E., Bradt, H.V., and Swank, J.H.,
``The X-Ray Timing Explorer Mission'',
Proceedings of the 27th American Institute of Aeronautics
and Astronautics
(AIAA) '89 Conference, (1989).

Rothschild, R.E., Pelling, M.R., Gruber, D.E., and Matteson, J.L.,
``UCSD High Energy X-Ray Timing Experiment'',
SPIE, V1159, 139, (1989).



Rothschild, R.E., Gruber, D. E., and Bezler, M.,
``Hard X-Ray Observations of Five BL Lacertae Objects'',
172nd American Astronomical Society Meeting,
Kansas City, Mo, June 5-9, 1988
Bulletin of the American Astronomical Society, V20, 741 (1988).

Bezler, M., Gruber, D. E., and Rothschild, R. E.,
``Upper Limits from Hard X-Ray Observations of Five BL Lacertae Objects'',
Astrophysical Journal, V334, 995 (1988).
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`A Study of the Scientific Objectives and Capabilities of the X-Ray
Timing Explorer'',
Prepared by the XTE Team, ed. by J. Swank & H. Bradt,
Report to the Committee of Space Astronomy and Astrophysics (CSAA),
June 23, 1988.


Rothschild, R. E., Staubert, R., Brinkman, W., Pederson, H.,
Parmar, A. N., Hueter, G. J., Lingenfelter, R. E., Collmar, W.,
Kendziorra, E., and Brunner, H.,
``EXOSAT Observations of the 5 March 1979 Gamma-Ray Burst Source
Location (GBS 0526-66)'',
Astrophysical Letters & Communications V25, 173 (1987).

Rothschild, R. E., and Soong, Y.,
``Two Binary Cycles of GX 301-2'',
Astrophysical Journal, V315, 154 (1987).

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Rothschild, R. E., and Soong, Y.,
``EXOSAT Observations of the 5 March 1979 Gamma-Ray Burst
Source Location'',
168th AAS Meeting, Ames, IA, June 22-26, 1986,
Bulletin of the American Astronomical Society 18,672 (1986).

Gass, S.,
``HEXTE Collimator Response Study''
Sept. 1, 1986