A description of sources detected by INTEGRAL during the first 4 years of observations

Details A description of sources detected by INTEGRAL during the first 4 years of observations A description of sources detected by INTEGRAL during the first 4 years of observations

2007-03-02

arxiv.org/abs/astro-ph/0703043v3

Astron.Astrophys.467:585-596,2007

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astrophysics

36 pages, 16 figures, 1 long table, accepted for publication in A&A (as of 23-2-07)

Scientific paper

10.1051/0004-6361:20077091

Parameters from the literature, such as positions, photoelectric absorption (nH), spin and orbital periods, and distances or redshifts, were collected for all ~500 sources detected by INTEGRAL-ISGRI so far. We investigate where new and previously-known sources detected by ISGRI fit in the parameter space of high-energy objects, and we use the parameters to test correlations expected from theoretical predictions. For example, the influence of the local absorbing matter on periodic modulations is studied for Galactic High-Mass X-ray Binaries (HMXBs) with OB supergiant and Be companions. We examine the spatial distribution of different types of sources in the Milky Way using various projections of the Galactic plane, in order to highlight signatures of stellar evolution and to speculate on the origin of the group of sources whose classifications are still uncertain. ISGRI has detected similar numbers of X-ray Binaries and Active Galactic Nuclei (AGN). The former group contains new members of the class of HMXBs with supergiant stellar companions. Thanks to these additional systems, we are able to show that HMXBs are generally segregated in plots of intrinsic nH versus the orbital period of the system and versus the spin period of the pulsar, based on whether the companion is a Be or an OB supergiant star. We also find a tentative but expected anti-correlation between nH and the orbital period, and a possible and unexpected correlation between the nH and the spin period. While only a handful of new Low-Mass X-ray Binaries (LMXBs) have been discovered, there are many sources that remain unclassified and they appear to follow a spatial distribution typical of Galactic sources (especially LMXBs) rather than extragalactic sources.

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