Published July 20, 2015 | Version v1
Journal article

Investigating the nature of IGR J17454–2919 using X-ray and near-infrared observations

  • 1. Istituto Nazionale di Astrofisica, INAF-IASF, Via Bassini 15, I-20133 Milano (Italy)
  • 2. Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Kavli Institute for Astrophysics, Cambridge, MA 02139 (United States)
  • 3. AIM—Astrophysique, Instrumentation et Modélisation (UMR-E 9005 CEA/DSM-CNRS-Université Paris Diderot) Irfu/Service d'Astrophysique, Centre de Saclay F-91191 Gif-sur-Yvette Cedex (France)
  • 4. Istituto Nazionale di Astrofisica, IASF Palermo, Via U. La Malfa 153, I-90146 Palermo (Italy)
  • 5. Max-Planck-Institute for Extraterrestrial Physics, D-85741 Garching (Germany)
  • 6. National Space Institute, Technical University of Denmark, Elektrovej 327-328, DK-2800 Kgs Lyngby (Denmark)
  • 7. Thüringer Landessternwarte Tautenburg, Sternwarte 5, D-07778 Tautenburg (Germany)

Description

IGR J17454−2919 is a hard X-ray transient discovered by INTEGRAL on 2014 September 27. We report on our 20 ks Chandra observation of the source, performed about five weeks after the discovery, as well as on INTEGRAL and Swift long-term monitoring observations.

Availability note (English)

Available from http://dx.doi.org/10.1088/0004-637X/808/1/34

Additional details

Identifiers

Publishing Information

Journal Title
Astrophysical Journal
Journal Volume
808
Journal Issue
1
Journal Page Range
[9 p.]
ISSN
0004-637X
CODEN
ASJOAB

INIS

Country of Publication
United Kingdom
Country of Input or Organization
International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)
INIS RN
51041677
Subject category
S79: ASTROPHYSICS, COSMOLOGY AND ASTRONOMY;
Descriptors DEI
ACCRETION DISKS; HARD X RADIATION; MONITORING; STARS; TRANSIENTS
Descriptors DEC
ELECTROMAGNETIC RADIATION; IONIZING RADIATIONS; RADIATIONS; X RADIATION