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INTEGRAL observations of five sources in the Galactic Center region

Astrophysics 2009-11-10 v2

Abstract

A number of new X-ray sources (IGR J17091-3624, IGR/XTE J17391-3021, IGR J17464-3213 (= XTE J17464-3213 = H 1743-322), IGR J17597-2201, SAX/IGR J18027-2017) have been observed with the INTEGRAL observatory during ultra deep exposure of the Galactic Center region in August-September 2003. Most of them were permanently visible by the INTEGRAL at energies higher than 20\sim 20 keV, but IGR/XTE J17391-3021 was observed only during its flaring activity with a flux maximum of 120\sim120 mCrab. IGR J17091-3624, IGR J17464-3213 and IGR J17597-2201 were detected up to 100\sim 100-150 keV. In this paper we present the analysis of INTEGRAL observations of these sources to determine the nature of these objects. We conclude that all of them have a galactic origin. Two sources are black hole candidates (IGR J17091-3624 and IGR J17464-3213), one is an LMXB neutron star binary (presumably an X-ray burster) and two other sources (IGR J17597-2201 and SAX/IGR J18027-2017) are neutron stars in high mass binaries; one of them (SAX/IGR J18027-2017) is an accreting X-ray pulsar.

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@article{arxiv.astro-ph/0407342,
  title  = {INTEGRAL observations of five sources in the Galactic Center region},
  author = {A. Lutovinov and M. Revnivtsev and S. Molkov and R. Sunyaev},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:astro-ph/0407342},
  year   = {2009}
}

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8 pages, 7 figures, 2 tables, accepted for publication in A&A