IGR J17445-2747—Yet another X-ray burster in the galactic bulge
Abstract
The discovery of a type I X-ray burst from the faint unidentified transient source IGR J17445-2747 in the Galactic bulge by the JEM-X telescope onboard the INTEGRAL observatory is reported. Type I bursts are believed to be associated with thermonuclear explosions of accreted matter on the surface of a neutron star with a weak magnetic field in a low-mass X-ray binary. Thus, this observation allows the nature of this source to be established.
- Publication:
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Astronomy Letters
- Pub Date:
- October 2017
- DOI:
- 10.1134/S106377371710005X
- arXiv:
- arXiv:1709.02775
- Bibcode:
- 2017AstL...43..656M
- Keywords:
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- neutron stars;
- bursters;
- thermonuclear explosions;
- X-ray sources;
- IGR J17445-2747;
- Astrophysics - High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena
- E-Print:
- 8 pages, 5 figures