Swift, INTEGRAL, RXTE, and Spitzer reveal IGR J16283-4838

V. Beckmann; J. A. Kennea; C. Markwardt; A. Paizis; S. Soldi; J. Rodriguez; S. D. Barthelmy; D. N. Burrows; M. Chester; N. Gehrels; N. Mowlavi; J. Nousek

doi:10.1086/432600

Swift, INTEGRAL, RXTE, and Spitzer reveal IGR J16283-4838

V. Beckmann
, J. A. Kennea
, C. Markwardt
, A. Paizis
, S. Soldi
, J. Rodriguez
, S. D. Barthelmy
, D. N. Burrows
, M. Chester
, N. Gehrels
, N. Mowlavi
, J. Nousek

Astronomy & Astrophysics

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We present the first combined study of the recently discovered source IGR J16283-4838 with Swift, INTEGRAL, and RXTE. The source, discovered by INTEGRAL on 2005 April 7, shows a highly absorbed [variable N_H = (0.4-1.7) × 10²³ cm^-2] and flat (T ∼ 1) spectrum in the Swift XRT and RXTE PCA data. No optical counterpart is detectable (V > 20 mag), but a possible infrared counterpart within the Swift XRT error radius is detected in the 2MASS and Spitzer GLIMPSE. The observations suggest that IGR J16283-4838 is a high-mass X-ray binary (HMXB) containing a neutron star embedded in Compton thick material. This makes IGR J16283-4838 a member of the class of highly absorbed HMXBs, discovered by INTEGRAL.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	506-510
Number of pages	5
Journal	Astrophysical Journal
Volume	631
Issue number	1 I
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1086/432600
State	Published - Sep 20 2005

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