Astronomy and Astrophysics – Astrophysics – High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena
Scientific paper
2011-09-26
Astronomy and Astrophysics
Astrophysics
High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena
Accepted for publication on A&A letter
Scientific paper
IGRJ17361-4441 is a newly discovered INTEGRAL hard X-ray transient, located in the globular cluster NGC6388. We report here the results of the X-ray and radio observations performed with Swift, INTEGRAL, RXTE, and the Australia Telescope Compact Array (ATCA) after the discovery of the source on 2011 August 11. In the X-ray domain, IGRJ17361-4441 showed virtually constant flux and spectral parameters up to 18 days from the onset of the outburst. The broad-band (0.5-100 keV) spectrum of the source could be reasonably well described by using an absorbed power-law component with a high energy cut-off (N_H\simeq0.8x10^(22) cm^(-2), {\Gamma}\simeq0.7-1.0, and E_cut\simeq25 keV) and displayed some evidence of a soft component below \sim2 keV. No coherent timing features were found in the RXTE data. The ATCA observation did not detect significant radio emission from IGRJ17361-4441, and provided the most stringent upper limit (rms 14.1 {\mu}Jy at 5.5 GHz) to date on the presence of any radio source close to the NGC6388 center of gravity. The improved position of IGRJ17361-4441 in outburst determined from a recent target of opportunity observation with Chandra, together with the X-ray flux and radio upper limits measured in the direction of the source, argue against its association with the putative intermediate-mass black hole residing in the globular cluster and with the general hypothesis that the INTEGRAL source is a black hole candidate. IGRJ17361-4441 might be more likely a new X-ray binary hosting an accreting neutron star. The ATCA radio non-detection also permits us to derive an upper limit to the mass of the suspected intermediate massive black hole in NGC6388 of <600 M\odot. This is a factor of 2.5 lower than the limit reported previously.
Belloni Tomaso M.
Bozzo Emanuele
den Hartog Peter R.
Ferrigno Carlo
Fontani Francesco
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