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IGR J17503-2636: a new X-ray transient discovered by INTEGRAL and confirmed by Swift
Astrophysics and Atmospheric Physics, National Space Institute, Technical University of Denmark1
National Space Institute, Technical University of Denmark2
European Space Agency - ESA3
European Space Astronomy Centre4
National Institute for Astrophysics5
Georgia College & State University6
University of Geneva7
ISDC Data Centre for Astrophysics8
Referred to by ATel #: 11990, 11992 The X-ray monitor JEM-X on-board the INTEGRAL satellite has discovered a new X-ray transient source during the recent Galactic Bulge observation performed on August 11th (revolution 1986) from UTC 07:44 to 12:30 (ATel #438, Kuulkers et al. 2007, A&A 466, 595, see also: http://integral.esac.esa.int/BULGE).
The source is detected at 7 σ for an effective exposure time of 17.9 ks on the combined JEM-X mosaics from which we obtain the following fluxes: 12 ±2 mCrab (≈2.0×10-10 erg/cm2/s) between 3-10 keV, 17 ±3 mCrab (≈1.9×10-10 erg/cm2/s) between 10-25 keV. JEM-X sees the source at the following position: RA = 267.58°, Dec = -26.61° with an uncertainty of 1.5 arcmin leading to the new source name: IGR J17503-2636.
The source is not detected by IBIS/ISGRI above 20 keV, and we estimate a 3-σ upper limit about 10 mCrab (20-40 keV). Thanks to a 1-ks exposure with Swift/XRT in PC mode between August 13th 19:41-20:13 (UTC) we can refine the source position at: RA = 267.57527° = 17h 50m 18.06s Dec = -26.60458° = -26d 36m 16.5s.
The error radius is 2.2 arcsec (90% confidence) obtained with the enhanced method using Swift/UVOT provided by the on-line Swift/XRT data product tool (Evans et al. 2009, MNRAS 397, 1177). The Swift/XRT 0.3-10 keV count rate was increasing between the two snapshots from 0.3 to 0.5 c/s. The average spectrum is highly absorbed with a derived absorption column between (6.2-13.7)×1022 cm-2 (for a galactic column density of 1.3×1022 cm-2 in that direction).
The observed 0.3-10 keV flux is estimated between (2.0-8.3)×10-11 erg/cm2/s. The next INTEGRAL observations of the Galactic Bulge region are currently scheduled on August 17th and will continue at a rough cadence of one-two observations per week until October 20th. Multi-wavelength follow-up observations are encouraged to unveil the nature of IGR J17503-2636.
We thank the Swift Team for scheduling the ToO observation with short notice.
| Language: | English |
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| Year: | 2019 |
| Types: | Other |
| ORCIDs: | Chenevez, J. , Jaisawal, G. , Brandt, S. and Lund, N. |
