Astronomy and Astrophysics – Astrophysics
Scientific paper
2004-11-18
Astronomy and Astrophysics
Astrophysics
accepted for the publication in A&A, 9 pages, 8 figures
Scientific paper
10.1051/0004-6361:20042392
Since its launch INTEGRAL has devoted a significant fraction of its observing time to the Galactic plane region. We present the results of INTEGRAL observations of the inner spiral arms of the Galaxy (Norma, Scutum and Sagittarius) with attention to high mass X-ray binaries. The increased sensitivity of the survey and possibility to detect absorbed sources significantly enlarged our sample of HMXBs in comparison with previous studies. For some absorbed sources we present for the first time high quality broadband (1-100 keV) energy spectra. We confirm pulsations of the X-ray flux of IGR J16358-4726, discovered by CHANDRA, and report discovery of pulsations with a period of $228\pm6$ sec from IGR J16465-4507. We confirm that the Galactic high mass X-ray binary distribution is significantly different from the distribution of low mass X-ray binaries concentrated in the Galactic Center. A large fraction of detected high mass X-ray binaries are absorbed sources.
Gilfanov Marat
Lutovinov Alexander A.
Molkov Sergei
Revnivtsev Mike
Shtykovskiy Pavel
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