Discovery of two new fast X-ray transients with INTEGRAL: IGR J03346+4414 and IGR J20344+3913
Discovery of two new fast X-ray transients with INTEGRAL: IGR J03346+4414 and IGR J20344+3913
We report on the discovery of two fast X-ray transients (FXTs) from analysis of archival INTEGRAL data. Both are characterized by a remarkable hard X-ray activity above 20?keV, in terms of duration (?15 and 30 min, respectively), peak flux (?10?9?erg?cm?2 s?1) and dynamic range (?2400 and 1360, respectively). Swift/X-ray telescope follow-up observations failed to detect any quiescent or low-level soft X-ray emission from either of the two FXTs, providing an upper limit of the order of a few times 10?12?erg?cm?2 s?1. The main spectral and temporal Imager on Board INTEGRAL Satellite (IBIS)/INTEGRAL Soft Gamma-Ray Imager (ISGRI) characteristics are presented and discussed with the aim of inferring possible hints on their nature.
2885-2892
Sguera, V.
371bb568-7e56-496e-a624-dba6de79d9e1
Sidoli, L.
2207422d-1a4d-448c-8c0b-8f0c2bf78a18
Paizis, A.
1f5ac404-8b17-43be-8e4a-6ada9bbf480c
Bird, A.J.
045ee141-4720-46fd-a412-5aa848a91b32
11 December 2016
Sguera, V.
371bb568-7e56-496e-a624-dba6de79d9e1
Sidoli, L.
2207422d-1a4d-448c-8c0b-8f0c2bf78a18
Paizis, A.
1f5ac404-8b17-43be-8e4a-6ada9bbf480c
Bird, A.J.
045ee141-4720-46fd-a412-5aa848a91b32
Sguera, V., Sidoli, L., Paizis, A. and Bird, A.J.
(2016)
Discovery of two new fast X-ray transients with INTEGRAL: IGR J03346+4414 and IGR J20344+3913.
Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 463 (3), .
(doi:10.1093/mnras/stw2183).
Abstract
We report on the discovery of two fast X-ray transients (FXTs) from analysis of archival INTEGRAL data. Both are characterized by a remarkable hard X-ray activity above 20?keV, in terms of duration (?15 and 30 min, respectively), peak flux (?10?9?erg?cm?2 s?1) and dynamic range (?2400 and 1360, respectively). Swift/X-ray telescope follow-up observations failed to detect any quiescent or low-level soft X-ray emission from either of the two FXTs, providing an upper limit of the order of a few times 10?12?erg?cm?2 s?1. The main spectral and temporal Imager on Board INTEGRAL Satellite (IBIS)/INTEGRAL Soft Gamma-Ray Imager (ISGRI) characteristics are presented and discussed with the aim of inferring possible hints on their nature.
Text
__filestore.soton.ac.uk_users_skr1c15_mydocuments_eprints_ASTRO_Tony Bird_Discovery of two new fast X-ray.pdf
- Accepted Manuscript
More information
Accepted/In Press date: 26 August 2016
e-pub ahead of print date: 1 September 2016
Published date: 11 December 2016
Organisations:
Astronomy Group
Identifiers
Local EPrints ID: 403367
URI: http://eprints.soton.ac.uk/id/eprint/403367
ISSN: 1365-2966
PURE UUID: ab20b6dc-e277-4ded-bde6-b88bb738ede0
Catalogue record
Date deposited: 30 Nov 2016 11:55
Last modified: 21 Aug 2025 01:37
Export record
Altmetrics
Contributors
Author:
V. Sguera
Author:
L. Sidoli
Author:
A. Paizis
Download statistics
Downloads from ePrints over the past year. Other digital versions may also be available to download e.g. from the publisher's website.
View more statistics
