How to reveal the mysteries of the most obscured high-energy sources of our Galaxy, discovered by INTEGRAL?

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Abstract

A new type of high-energy binary systems has been revealed by the INTEGRAL satellite. These sources are in the course of being unveiled by means of multi-wavelength optical, near- and mid-infrared observations. Among these sources, two distinct classes are appearing: the first one is constituted of intrinsically obscured high-energy sources, of which IGR J16318-4848 seems to be the most extreme example. The second one is populated by the so-called supergiant fast X-ray transients, with IGR J17544-2619 being the archetype. We report here on multi-wavelength optical to mid-infrared observations of these systems. We show that in the case of the obscured sources our observations suggest the presence of absorbing material (dust and/or cold gas) enshrouding the whole binary system. We then discuss the nature of these two different types of systems.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationFirst GLAST Symposium
Pages232-234
Number of pages3
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 1 Dec 2007
Externally publishedYes
Event1st Gamma-ray Large Area Space Telescope Symposium, GLAST - Stanford, CA, United States
Duration: 5 Feb 20078 Feb 2007

Publication series

NameAIP Conference Proceedings
Volume921
ISSN (Print)0094-243X
ISSN (Electronic)1551-7616

Conference

Conference1st Gamma-ray Large Area Space Telescope Symposium, GLAST
Country/TerritoryUnited States
CityStanford, CA
Period5/02/078/02/07

Keywords

  • IGR J16318-4848
  • IGR J17544-2619
  • INTEGRAL
  • Infrared
  • Near infrared
  • Visible
  • X-ray binaries

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