Probing a new super-giant fast X-ray transient

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Oct 2006

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=2006xmm..prop..237l&link_type=abstract

XMM-Newton Proposal ID #05064901

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Stars, White Dwarfs, Solar System, Igr J08408-4503, Xmm-Newton Proposal 05064901

Scientific paper

The newly discovered Super-giant Fast X-ray Transients (SFXT) IGR J08408-4503 is an interesting member of this class that is expected to rapidly grow. Indeed, it is one of the few sources for which the optical association with an O-type super-giant (HD 74194) has been confirmed, making it a perfect target for a detailed X-ray investigation. This source has been recently detected in the X-ray domain by two Swift ToO observations, but these observations were too short to allow more than a better determination of the position. Therefore, we request one observation of IGR J08408-4503 with XMM-Newton, in order to perform an in-depth analysis of the spectral properties and of the X-ray variability study of our target.

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