TY - GEN
T1 - How Simbol-X will reveal the most obscured high energy sources of our Galaxy
AU - Chaty, S.
PY - 2009/12/10
Y1 - 2009/12/10
N2 - The INTEGRAL satellite has revealed a major population of supergiant High Mass X-ray Binaries in our Galaxy, revolutionizing our understanding of binary systems and their evolution. This population, constituted of a compact object orbiting around a supergiant star, have unusual properties, either being extremely absorbed, or exhibiting very short flares. I will first describe the characteristics of these sources, that only intensive multi-wavelength observations have led us to disentangle, before showing that Simbol-X, thanks to its energy range and sensitivity, will allow us to go further in the understanding of these supergiant HMXBs.
AB - The INTEGRAL satellite has revealed a major population of supergiant High Mass X-ray Binaries in our Galaxy, revolutionizing our understanding of binary systems and their evolution. This population, constituted of a compact object orbiting around a supergiant star, have unusual properties, either being extremely absorbed, or exhibiting very short flares. I will first describe the characteristics of these sources, that only intensive multi-wavelength observations have led us to disentangle, before showing that Simbol-X, thanks to its energy range and sensitivity, will allow us to go further in the understanding of these supergiant HMXBs.
KW - Multi-wavelength observations
KW - Neutron stars
KW - Supergiant stars
KW - X-ray binaries
U2 - 10.1063/1.3149439
DO - 10.1063/1.3149439
M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:71249129151
SN - 9780735406629
T3 - AIP Conference Proceedings
SP - 309
EP - 312
BT - SIMBOL-X
T2 - 2nd International Simbol-X Symposium: Focusing on the Hard X-Ray Universe
Y2 - 2 December 2008 through 5 December 2008
ER -