IGR J17062-6143


Other name = Swift J1706.6-6146

Type Redshift Radio Counterpart UV Counterpart
R.A. (J2000) Dec. (J2000) References R.A. (J2000) Dec. (J2000) References
LMXB/Neutron star 17h 06m 16.3s (±0.3") -61o 42' 40.5" (±0.3") Ricci et al. 2008, ATel 1840
Published Papers
Miscellaneous :

Ricci et al. 2008, ATel 1840:
  • Swift and INTEGRAL analysis
  • 0.3-7 keV spectrum <=> absorbed power law, NH= 1.7e21 cm-2 and a photon index 1.86.
  • The hard X-ray spectrum <=> single power law with a photon index 2.8, or by a black body with kT ~ 7keV.
  • UV counterpart: U=18.4 mag and UVW2=18.1 mag
  • No source in the 2MASS and NVSS data
Remillard and Levine 2008, ATel 1853 :
  • Mission long ASM light curve shows that the source is a long-term, faint transient, whose current outburst began in late 2005 or early 2006.
  • Weakly detected at 3.1 mCrab (53600 to 53800), rose to 5.1 mCrab (53800 to 54540), and reached 6.3 mCrab (54540 to 54794)
  • Hardness ratio (HR2 = 1.3) from the last interval =>Soft X-ray transient
Degenaar et et al. 2012, ATel 4219 :
  • Swift observations
  • ~200s broad peak => event due to a thermonuclear X-ray burst
  • Further discussions and considerations => source is a neutron star LMXB
Degenaar et et al. 2013 (ApJ) :
  • Swift analysis of type-I X-ray burst (from 2012 June 25)
  • Episode of ~10 min with strong intensity fluctuation during the 18 min long X-ray tail.
  • X-ray spectral analysis: highly significant emission line around ~1 keV interpreted as a Fe-L shell line caused by irradiation of cold gas
  • Significant absorption lines and edges in the Fe-K band detected =>presence of hot, highly ionized gas along the line of sight
Degenaar et et al. 2013 (ApJ) :
  • Swift analysis of type-I X-ray burst (from 2012 June 25)
  • Episode of ~10 min with strong intensity fluctuation during the 18 min long X-ray tail.
  • X-ray spectral analysis: highly significant emission line around ~1 keV interpreted as a Fe-L shell line caused by irradiation of cold gas
  • Significant absorption lines and edges in the Fe-K band detected =>presence of hot, highly ionized gas along the line of sight

Last updated 20 July 2012

Jerome Rodriguez