IGR J17497-2821


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Type Mass Radio Counterpart Infrared/Optical Counterpart
R.A. (J2000) Dec. (J2000) References R.A. (J2000) Dec. (J2000) References
LMXB
Symbiotic system (?) (K red giant)
17h 49m 38.039s (+-0.1") -28o 21' 17.5" (+-0.1") Torres et al. 2006 (ATel 909)
See also Chaty et al. 2006 (ATel 897)
Paizis et al. 2007 (ApJL)
Published Papers
Miscellaneous :
Kuulkers et al. 2006 ATel 888:
  • JEMX+ISGRI spectrum => absorbed power law, Gamma=1.93, NH < 6 x 1022 cm-2
  • Typical hard state of XRBs
Walter et al. 2006ATel 889:
  • NH < 3.5 x 1022 cm-2
  • source detected up to 200 keV
  • two IR objects in 2MASS archives in Swift error circle
Markwardt & Swank 2006ATel 891:
  • No QPO
  • Strong red noise dominated by periods > 1s
Chaty et al. 2006ATel 897:
  • 3 candidate IR counterparts
  • 2MASS 17493780-2821181 and 2MASS 17493774-2821173 are blended in 2MASS
  • 2MASS 17493780-2821181 is blended in J H Ks, and one of its constituent (src3) is more reddened
  • src3 is the real counterpart.
Kennea et al. 2006ATel 900:
  • refined position
  • 2MASS 17493780-2821181 is the only counterpart in the Swift error
  • NH = (4.8 +/- 0.3) x 1022 cm-2, Gamma = 1.6 +/- 0.1, Flux = 3.3 e-10erg/s/cm2 (absorbed 0.3-10.0 keV).
Paizis et al. 2006ATel 907:
  • refined position with Chandra
  • Candidate 1 from Chaty et al. ATel 906 is the counterpart
  • NH = (4.2 +/- 0.1) x 1022 cm-2, Gamma = 1.15 +/- 0.05, Flux = 3.1 e-10erg/s/cm2 (absorbed 1-8 keV).
Torres et al. 2006ATel 909:
  • Candidate 1 is blended
  • Faintest object likely counterpart
  • Ks=15.9
  • Finding Chart here (courtesy Torres et al.)
Itoh et al. 2006ATel 914:
  • source is detected from 0.5 to 300 keV
  • 1-60 keV spectrum well fitted by an absorbed power law with NH = 4.6 x 1022 cm-2, Gamma=1.6
  • gradual cut-off above 100 keV.
  • hint for some structures in the Fe region
  • Some variations of flux and spectral hardness along the observation.
Walter et al. 2007, A&A:
  • IR/optical source located at RA=17h 49m 38.11s Dec=-28O 21' 17.2" associated with the X-ray source
  • No Type I X-ray burst in 995 ks of data down to 0.1-0.2 Ledd.
  • Power law with a high energy cut-off (Gamma=1.67), or Comptonised spectrum, with kT=35 keV and Tau= 1.45
  • New X ray nova harbouring a black hole.
Rodriguez et al. 2007, ApJL:
  • 3~200 keV spectral analysis => very little variations over a period of 10 days around the maximum of the outburst.
  • typical Low Hard State of X-ray binaries
  • Absorbed Comptonization with Nh~3.3-4e22 cm-2, kT~35-40 keV and Tau~1.6-2 + iron edge at about 6.6-7.1 keV
  • Timing analysis: no particular features. Shape of the power density spectra typical of LHS of XRBs (flat top noise + ~power law decay above<=>sum of 3 Lorentzians) with ~36% RMS variability
  • 3-sigma upper limits of 2% on the presence of a 2Hz FWHM QPO.
  • 3 sigma upper limits ranging from 2.4% to 0.9% for coherent pulsations between 4mHz and 4096 Hz.
  • No radio counterpart with limit of 0.21 mJy at 4.80 GHz and 8.64 GHz.
  • IGR J17497-2821 in the radio to X-ray flux diagram is well below the correlation usually observed in the LHS of black holes
  • X-ray spectral properties make it black hole candidate.
Paizis et al. 2007, ApJL:
  • X-ray spectrum well fitted by an absorbed (NH=5.6 x 1022 cm-2) power-law (gamma=1.5)
  • disk emission with kTin=0.2 keV.
  • Optical and near infra-red photometric follow-up observations (mag Ks=16).
  • source is a LMXB, hosting a black hole, with a red giant K-type companion
  • Possible first "symbiotic" LMXB hosting a black hole.
Torres et al. 2007, ATel 1002:
Paizis et al. 2009, :
  • Broad-band X-ray spectrum as observed by Suzaku eight days after its discovery (September 2006)
  • Very bright, with L(1-300 keV) = 2 10^37 erg/sec at 8 kpc, + very hard spectrum.
  • Simple phenomenological model => high energy cut-off around 150 keV
  • physical scenario fits with diskbb+compps, kTdisc=0.25 keV, kTe=85 keV , τ=1.42
  • A very mild reflection component is seen for the first time in the spectrum
  • Hint of spectral hardening about 10 days after the peak
Shah Alam et al. 2015 (MNRAS), :
  • Analysis of XMM observations
  • Source spectra compatible with a hard (Γ=1.5) power law and cold (kT~0.2 keV) disk
  • Broad Kα iron line with 27000 km.s-1 compatible with disk truncated at large radius
  • Source behaviour = BH hard state
  • PDS modeled with 3 broad Lorentzians
  • RMS higher in the softest energy range(0.1-2 keV), but otherwise increases with energy (>2 keV), which is not typical of a BH in a hard state

Last updated 5 June 2015

Jerome Rodriguez