Astronomy and Astrophysics – Astrophysics – High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena
Scientific paper
2011-11-24
Astronomy and Astrophysics
Astrophysics
High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena
Invited talk at the conference "The Extreme and Variable High Energy Sky", September 19-23, 2011, Chia Laguna, Sardegna (Italy
Scientific paper
Supergiant Fast X-ray Transients (SFXTs) represent the most extreme case of X-ray variability in High Mass X-ray Binaries hosting blue supergiant companions. Mainly discovered thanks to the INTEGRAL monitoring of the Galactic plane, these hard X-ray transients display dynamic ranges which can span five orders of magnitude. This intensity variability is associated with accretion onto Galactic compact objects (mostly neutron stars) through a physical mechanism which is still poorly understood. A review of the current status of our understanding on these sources is presented and discussed. Finally, I present recent XMM-Newton results about the SFXT IGRJ16418-4532, proposing that its variability behavior is due to a transitional accretion regime, intermediate between pure wind accretion and Roche Lobe Overflow. This same regime could explain the X-ray activity of other "intermediate" SFXTs with narrow orbits.
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