Issue |
A&A
Volume 526, February 2011
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Article Number | A122 | |
Number of page(s) | 9 | |
Section | Stellar structure and evolution | |
DOI | https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201015561 | |
Published online | 10 January 2011 |
AX J1910.7+0917 and three newly discovered INTEGRAL sources
1
ISDC, INTEGRAL Science Data Centre, Université de Genève,
Chemin d’Ecogia 16,
1290
Versoix,
Switzerland
e-mail: lucia.pavan@unige.ch
2
Observatoire de Genève, Université de Genève,
Chemin des Maillettes 51,
1290
Sauverny,
Switzerland
3
INAF – Osservatorio Astronomico di Roma, via Frascati
33, 00044
Rome,
Italy
Received:
10
August
2010
Accepted:
27
November
2010
Aims. We take advantage of the high sensitivity of the IBIS/ISGRI telescope and the improvements in the data analysis software to investigate the nature of the still poorly known X-ray source AX J1910.7+0917, and search for closeby previously undetected objects.
Methods. We analyze all publicly available INTEGRAL data of AX J1910.7+0917, together with a number of archival observations that were carried out in the direction of the source with Chandra, XMM-Newton, and ASCA. In the IBIS/ISGRI field-of-view around AX J1910.7+0917, we discovered three new sources: IGR J19173+0747, IGR J19294+1327 and IGR J19149+1036; the latter is positionally coincident with the Einstein source 2E 1912.5+1031. For the first two sources, we also report the results of follow-up observations carried out with Swift /XRT.
Results. AX J1910.7+0917 features a clear variability in the X-rays. Its spectrum can be well described with an absorbed (NH ~ 6 × 1022 cm-2) power-law (Γ ≃ 1.5) model plus an iron line at 6.4 keV. We also obtained a refined position and report on possible infrared counterparts.
Conclusions. The present data do not allow for a unique classification of the sources. Based on the property of its X-ray emission and the analysis of a likely infrared counterpart, we investigate different possibilities for the nature of AX J1910.7+0917.
Key words: X-rays: individuals: AX J1910.7+0917 / X-rays: individuals: IGR J19173+0747 / X-rays: individuals: IGR J19294+1327 / X-rays: individuals: IGR J19149+1036 / X-rays: individuals: 2E 1912.5+1031
© ESO, 2011
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