The Swift view of Supergiant Fast X-ray Transients
Abstract
We report here on the recent results of a monitoring campaign we have been carrying out with Swift/XRT on a sample of four Supergiant Fast X-ray Transients. The main goal of this large programme (with a net SwiftXRT exposure of ~540 ks, updated to 2009, August, 31) is to address several main open issues related to this new class of High Mass X-ray Binaries (HMXBs) hosting OB supergiant stars as companions. Here we summarize the most important results obtained between October 2007 and August 2009.
- Publication:
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X-ray Astronomy 2009; Present Status, Multi-Wavelength Approach and Future Perspectives
- Pub Date:
- July 2010
- DOI:
- 10.1063/1.3475363
- arXiv:
- arXiv:1001.1670
- Bibcode:
- 2010AIPC.1248...89S
- Keywords:
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- X-rays;
- accretion disks;
- satellites;
- artificial;
- pulsars;
- flare stars;
- 98.70.Qy;
- 98.62.Mw;
- 95.40.+s;
- 97.60.Gb;
- 97.30.Nr;
- X-ray sources;
- X-ray bursts;
- Infall accretion and accretion disks;
- Artificial Earth satellites;
- Pulsars;
- Flare stars;
- Astrophysics - High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena;
- Astrophysics - Astrophysics of Galaxies
- E-Print:
- Published on the Proceedings of the conference X-Ray Astronomy 2009, Present Status, multiwavelenght approach and future perspectives, September 7 - 11, 2009, Bologna, Italy. Revised version according to the referee's report