Abstract
Following the renewed activity of the X-ray transient pulsar IGRJ19294+1816 observed by INTEGRAL (ATel #4135), Swift pointed at the source position for about 2 ks starting on 2012 May 28 at 17:45:15 UT. The source displayed a net count rate of 0.18 +/- 0.01 c/s (2-10 keV, XRT PC data).
The XRT spectrum (PC data, net exposure time of 1968 s) is well described by an absorbed power law model, resulting in a photon index of 1.25 (+0.77,-0.68), and in an absorption of NH= 8 (+/-4) E+22 cm-2 (chi2_red=0.600 for 11 dof). The source fluxes are 3E-11 erg/cm2/s (1-10 keV, observed) and 5E-11 erg/cm2/s (1-10 keV, unabsorbed), indicating a declining phase with respect to the INTEGRAL observation. A black body model results in an equally good fit to the data, with NH= 4 (+/-3) E+22 cm-2 and a temperature of 2.0 (+0.7,-0.4) keV (chi2_red=0.633 for 11 dof).
A timing analysis on the barycentered events clearly shows X-ray pulsations with a period of P=12.457 +/- 0.006 s and a pulse fraction of about 60%.
We would like to thank the Swift Team for making these observations possible.
The XRT spectrum (PC data, net exposure time of 1968 s) is well described by an absorbed power law model, resulting in a photon index of 1.25 (+0.77,-0.68), and in an absorption of NH= 8 (+/-4) E+22 cm-2 (chi2_red=0.600 for 11 dof). The source fluxes are 3E-11 erg/cm2/s (1-10 keV, observed) and 5E-11 erg/cm2/s (1-10 keV, unabsorbed), indicating a declining phase with respect to the INTEGRAL observation. A black body model results in an equally good fit to the data, with NH= 4 (+/-3) E+22 cm-2 and a temperature of 2.0 (+0.7,-0.4) keV (chi2_red=0.633 for 11 dof).
A timing analysis on the barycentered events clearly shows X-ray pulsations with a period of P=12.457 +/- 0.006 s and a pulse fraction of about 60%.
We would like to thank the Swift Team for making these observations possible.
Original language | English |
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Publication date | 30 May 2012 |
Publication status | Published - 30 May 2012 |
Series | The Astronomer's telegram |
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Number | ATel #4136 |
Keywords
- X-ray
- Gamma ray
- Binary
- Neutron star
- Transient
- Pulsar