Swift/XRT follow-up observations of unidentified INTEGRAL sources (1)

ATel #1322; R. Landi, N. Masetti, V. Sguera (INAF/IASF Bologna), M. Del Santo, A. Tarana (INAF/IASF Rome), A. B. Hill, A. J. Dean (Univ. Southampton), P. Caraveo, F. Senziani (INAF/IASF Milano)
on 8 Dec 2007; 15:30 UT
Credential Certification: Raffaella Landi (landi@iasfbo.inaf.it)

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We report on X-ray follow-up observations performed with Swift/XRT of four unidentified INTEGRAL sources in the third IBIS Survey Catalogue (Bird et al. 2007, ApJS, 170, 175).

IGR J00333+6122
Within the IBIS uncertainty XRT detects two sources with a statistical significance of 22.5 and 22.3 sigma. The first brighter object is located at RA(J2000) = 00h 33m 18.36s and Dec(J2000) = +61d 27m 42.4s (3.7 arcsec uncertainty) and is associated with a 2MASS extended object (2MASX J00331831+6127433) positionally coincident with the radio source NVSS J003318+612740. The X-ray data analysis provides an absorbed (N_H ~10²² cm^-2) power law spectrum with photon index ~1.8 and an observed 2-10 keV flux of 6.7 x 10^-12 erg cm^-2 s^-1. The second, fainter, source is detected at RA(J2000) = 00h 33m 57.82s and Dec(J2000) = +61d 26m 30.8s (3.7 arcsec uncertainty) and coincides with a ROSAT Bright Survey object (1RXS J003357.9+612445). The X-ray spectrum of this source is very soft with virtually no counts above a few keV and an X-ray flux a factor of ~30 below the first source. On the basis of the available information, the first object is a more likely counterpart to the IBIS source.

IGR J17487-3124
Two objects are detected by XRT within the IBIS uncertainty. The first, detected at 3.3 sigma confidence level, is located at RA(J2000) = 17h 48m 47.0s and Dec(J2000) = -31d 24m 23.6s (6 arcsec uncertainty). There are no USNO-B1.0 nor 2MASS counterparts to this object. The second source, observed at 4.3 sigma confidence level, is located at RA(J2000) = 17h 48m 30.92s and Dec(J2000) = -31d 24m 40.2s (4.8 arcsec uncertainty). In this case, we find a counterpart in a USNO-B1.0 object, having magnitude R ~16.8, which also belongs to the 2MASS survey. The X-ray spectra can only provide an estimate of the 2-10 keV flux at a level of 10^-14 erg cm^-2 s^-1 for both objects.

IGR J18485-0047
XRT detects a source, within the IBIS error box, at RA(J2000) = 18h 48m 25.67s and Dec(J2000) = -00d 46m 33.3s (4.9 arcsec uncertainty). This object has a counterpart in the 2MASS survey and it is likely associated with the radio source G31.89724+0.31680 in the MAGPIS survey. The X-ray spectrum indicates an absorbed (N_H ~10²³ cm^-2) spectrum (Gamma = 1.8 fixed) with an observed 2-10 keV flux of 1 x 10^-12 erg cm^-2 s^-1.

IGR J21272+4241
An X-ray source is detected within the IBIS uncertainty at RA(J2000) = 21h 27m 18.42s and Dec(J2000) = +42d 39m 08.6s (5 arcsec uncertainty). Within the XRT error box there are two USNO-B1.0 sources with magnitudes R around 17 and 18 respectively; only one of these two sources is also listed in the 2MASS catalogue. The XRT spectrum is well described by an unabsorbed power law with photon index ~1.9 and a 2-10 keV flux of 2.6 x 10^-13 erg cm^-2 s^-1.