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IGR J17252–3616: an accreting pulsar observed by INTEGRAL and XMM-Newton
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 12 May 2006
Abstract
IGR J17252–3616 is the hard X-ray counterpart of EXO 1722–363. The regular monitoring by INTEGRAL shows that IGR J17252–3616 is a persistent source with an average count rate of $\sim$6.4 mCrab in the 20–60 keV energy band. A follow-up observation with XMM-Newton showed that the source is located at R.A. (2000.0) $=17^{h}25^{m}11.4^{s}$ and Dec. $=-36{\hbox{$^\circ$}} 16 {\hbox{$^\prime$}} 58.6 \hbox{$^{\prime\prime}$}$ with an uncertainty of $4 \hbox{$^{\prime\prime}$}.
The source is a binary X-ray pulsar with a spin period of 413.7 s. The spectral shape is typical for an accreting pulsar except that a huge intrinsic absorption and a cold iron fluorescence line are detected. The absorbing column density and cold iron line do not vary with the pulse period. The observations suggest that the source is a wind-fed accreting pulsar accompanied by a supergiant star.
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- Proceedings of the International Astronomical Union , Volume 1 , Symposium S230: Populations of High Energy Sources in Galaxies , August 2005 , pp. 347 - 348
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- 2006 International Astronomical Union