ToO observation of a new bright transient discovered by GLAST and Swift in the Galactic plane

Details ToO observation of a new bright transient discovered by GLAST and Swift in the Galactic plane ToO observation of a new bright transient discovered by GLAST and Swift in the Galactic plane

Sep 2007

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=2007cxo..prop.2364g&link_type=abstract

Chandra Proposal ID #09400231

Computer Science

Chandra Proposal Id #09400231

Scientific paper

We propose a TOO observation of a new intense transient detected by GLAST-LAT and followed by a Swift-XRT detection, at |b|<5 deg. Our goal is to determine the nature of an event similar to the intense, non-blazar, transient that EGRET saw in the Galactic plane once in its lifetime. The lack of a radio-loud source and of a known X-ray binary in the error box indicates either a new facet of Galactic compact objects or a new manifestation of a non-blazar active galaxy behind the Milky way. A significant XRT detection of a counterpart will trigger the proposed 30 ks Chandra observation to precisely locate the source in crowded Galactic regions, to constrain the X-ray decay time, and to measure the source spectrum and absorption.

Affiliated with

Also associated with

No associations

Rating

ToO observation of a new bright transient discovered by GLAST and Swift in the Galactic plane does not yet have a rating. At this time, there are no reviews or comments for this scientific paper.

If you have personal experience with ToO observation of a new bright transient discovered by GLAST and Swift in the Galactic plane, we encourage you to share that experience with our LandOfFree.com community. Your opinion is very important and ToO observation of a new bright transient discovered by GLAST and Swift in the Galactic plane will most certainly appreciate the feedback.

Rate now

Comments { 0 }

Profile ID: LFWR-SCP-O-964911