Swift observations of the SFXT IGR J11215-5952 at P/4

Astronomy and Astrophysics – Astronomy

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X-Ray, Binaries, Transients

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We performed two observations with Swift/XRT of the transient IGR J11215-5952, the unique member of the class of the Supergiant Fast X-ray Transients (SFXTs) which undergoes periodic outbursts. At first, the outbursts were found to be equally spaced by P=329 days (Sidoli et al. 2006, A&A,450,L9; Smith et al. 2006,ATel #766), but during a monitoring campaign with Swift/XRT at the supposed apastron passage, a new unexpected outburst was observed (Romano et al.

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