INTEGRAL detection of an outbursts of two supergiant fast X-ray transients
Abstract
During the observation of parts of the inner Galactic spiral arms performed on 2013-09-18, the INTEGRAL observatory detected the outbursts from the sources IGR J16418-4532 (see also ATEL #5398 for the Swift detection of an outburst on 2013-09-17 ) and IGR J18483-0311. The former is a supergiant fast X-ray transient (SFXT) with intermediate properties (Sidoli et al., MNRAS., 420, 554-561, 2012; Romano et al., MNRAS, 419, 2695-2702, 2012), the latter a confirmed member of this class (e.g., Romano et al., MNRAS, 401, 1564-1569, 2010).
- Publication:
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The Astronomer's Telegram
- Pub Date:
- September 2013
- Bibcode:
- 2013ATel.5402....1T
- Keywords:
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- X-ray;
- Neutron Star;
- Transient