TY - ICOMM
T1 - Detection of X-ray bursts from IGR J17597-2201 by JEM-X on INTEGRAL
AU - Brandt, S.
AU - Budtz-Jørgensen, C.
AU - Gotz, D.
AU - Hurley, K.
AU - Frontera, F.
PY - 2007
Y1 - 2007
N2 - We report the detection of two X-ray bursts from IGR J17597-2201 with the JEM-X X-ray monitor on INTEGRAL. The bursts were detected during the INTEGRAL TOO observation of SGR 1806-20, April 6-8 2007. The bursts occurred on April 07 2007, 10:06:36 UT and on April 08 2007, 06:40:36 UT, and reached a peak flux of about 0.5 Crab in the 3-10 keV band. The bursts showed a fast rise and exponential decay with an e-folding time of about 5 seconds. The derived position for the 2 bursts is R.A.=17h59m45s, Decl.=-22o01m59s (equinox 2000) with an error radius of 1 arcmin. This is consistent with the XMM position of IGR J17597-2201 reported by Walter et al. (A&A 453, 133-143, 2006). These detections confirm IGR J17597-2201 as a burst source, as suggested by the partial detection of a burst reported by Markwardt et al. (ATEL #156). The effective exposure time, where the source was favorably located less than 2 degrees off axis in JEM-X, was about 8 hours, suggesting a current burst recurrence time of 3-10 hours.
AB - We report the detection of two X-ray bursts from IGR J17597-2201 with the JEM-X X-ray monitor on INTEGRAL. The bursts were detected during the INTEGRAL TOO observation of SGR 1806-20, April 6-8 2007. The bursts occurred on April 07 2007, 10:06:36 UT and on April 08 2007, 06:40:36 UT, and reached a peak flux of about 0.5 Crab in the 3-10 keV band. The bursts showed a fast rise and exponential decay with an e-folding time of about 5 seconds. The derived position for the 2 bursts is R.A.=17h59m45s, Decl.=-22o01m59s (equinox 2000) with an error radius of 1 arcmin. This is consistent with the XMM position of IGR J17597-2201 reported by Walter et al. (A&A 453, 133-143, 2006). These detections confirm IGR J17597-2201 as a burst source, as suggested by the partial detection of a burst reported by Markwardt et al. (ATEL #156). The effective exposure time, where the source was favorably located less than 2 degrees off axis in JEM-X, was about 8 hours, suggesting a current burst recurrence time of 3-10 hours.
KW - X-ray
KW - Neutron star
M3 - Net publication - Internet publication
T3 - The Astronomer's telegram
ER -