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X-ray Observations of the Very-Faint X-ray Transient XMMSL1 J171900.4-353217: A New Candidate Neutron Star Low-Mass X-ray Binary

Degenaar, N.; Wijnands, R.; Armas Padilla, M. +1 more

XMMSL1 J171900.4–353217 is a very-faint X-ray transient that was discovered in 2010 March when it exhibited an outburst. We report on 7 observations, obtained with the X-Ray Telescope (XRT) aboard the Neil Gehrels Swift Observatory between 2010 May and October. By fitting a single absorbed power-law model to the XRT spectra, we infer power-law ind…