The soft gamma-ray repeater candidate SGR 0755−2933 was discovered in 2016 by Swift/BAT, which detected a short (∼30 ms) powerful burst typical of magnetars. To understand the nature of the source, we present here an analysis of follow-up observations of the tentative soft X-ray counterpart of the source obtained with Swift/XRT, NuSTAR and Chandra. From our analysis we conclude that, based on the observed counterpart position and properties, it is actually not a soft gamma ray repeater but rather a new high mass X-ray binary. We suggest to refer to it as 2SXPS J075542.5−293353. We conclude, therefore, that the available data do not allow us to confirm existence and identify the true soft X-ray counterpart to the burst event. Presence of a soft counterpart is, however, essential to unambiguously associate the burst with a magnetar flare, and thus we conclude that magnetar origin of the burst and precise burst location remain uncertain and require further investigation.
@article{arxiv.2101.10834,
title = {SGR 0755$-$2933: a new High Mass X-ray binary with the wrong name},
author = {Victor Doroshenko and Andrea Santangelo and Sergey Tsygankov and Long Ji},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2101.10834},
year = {2021}
}