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AFRICAN RESEARCH NEXUS
SHINING A SPOTLIGHT ON AFRICAN RESEARCH
earth and planetary sciences
Unveiling the nature of INTEGRAL objects through optical spectroscopy III. Observations of seven southern sources
Astronomy and Astrophysics, Volume 449, No. 3, Year 2006
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Context. The detection, thanks to the INTEGRAL satellite, of a number of new hard X-ray sources calls for the identification of their nature by means of observations at longer wavelengths. Aims. In our continuing campaign to identify longer-wavelength counterparts of these newly-discovered hard X-ray sources detected by INTEGRAL, we observed the putative optical counterparts of seven southern sources at the South African Astronomical Observatory and at the European Southern Observatory. Methods. Optical spectroscopy was performed on all candidates of these X-ray sources. For two of these objects, optical photometry was also acquired. Results. These observations firmly established the nature of four of these sources: we found that IGR J10404-4625 (=LEDA 93974), 4U 1344-60 and IGR J16482-3036 are Active Galactic Nuclei (AGNs) at redshifts z = 0.0237, 0.013 and 0.0313, respectively, and that 2RXP J130159.6-635806 is a Galactic High-Mass X-ray Binary (HMXB). We also give possible optical identifications for three further objects, namely IGR J11215-5952, IGR J11305-6256 and IGR J16207-5129, which are consistent with being Galactic HMXBs. Physical parameters for these objects are also evaluated by collecting and discussing the available multiwavelength information. Conclusions. The detection of four definite or likely HMXBs out of seven objects in our sample further stresses INTEGRAL's crucial contribution in hunting this class of object. Also, the determination of the extragalactic nature of a substantial fraction of the INTEGRAL survey sources underlines the importance of hard X-ray observations for the study of background AGNs located beyond the "Zone of Avoidance" of the Galactic Plane. © ESO 2006.
Authors & Co-Authors
Masetti, Nicola
Italy, Bologna
Inaf Istituto Di Astrofisica Spaziale e Fisica Cosmica, Bologna
Pretorius, Magaretha L.
United Kingdom, Southampton
University of Southampton
Palazzi, Eliana
Italy, Bologna
Inaf Istituto Di Astrofisica Spaziale e Fisica Cosmica, Bologna
Bassani, Loredana
Italy, Bologna
Inaf Istituto Di Astrofisica Spaziale e Fisica Cosmica, Bologna
Bazzano, Angela
Italy, Rome
Inaf Istituto Di Astrofisica Spaziale e Fisica Cosmica, Rome
Bird, Antony J.
United Kingdom, Southampton
University of Southampton
Charles, Philip A.
United Kingdom, Southampton
University of Southampton
South Africa, Cape Town
South African Astronomical Observatory
Dean, Anthony J.
United Kingdom, Southampton
University of Southampton
Malizia, Angela
Italy, Bologna
Inaf Istituto Di Astrofisica Spaziale e Fisica Cosmica, Bologna
Nkundabakura, Pheneas
South Africa, Cape Town
South African Astronomical Observatory
South Africa, Cape Town
University of Cape Town
Stephen, John Buchan
Italy, Bologna
Inaf Istituto Di Astrofisica Spaziale e Fisica Cosmica, Bologna
Ubertini, Pietro
Italy, Rome
Inaf Istituto Di Astrofisica Spaziale e Fisica Cosmica, Rome
Statistics
Citations: 59
Authors: 12
Affiliations: 5
Identifiers
Doi:
10.1051/0004-6361:20054332
ISSN:
00046361
e-ISSN:
14320746
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Cross Sectional Study
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