A new hard X-ray transient discovered by INTEGRAL: IGRJ17498-2921
ATel #3551; L. Gibaud (ISDC, Switzerland), A. Bazzano (INAF/IASF Rome, Italy), E. Bozzo (ISDC, Switzerland), M. Cadolle-Bel (ESA/ESAC, Spain), J. Chenevez (DNSC, Denmark), S. P. Drave (Univ. of Southampton, UK), C. Ferrigno (ISDC, Switzerland), D. Gotz (CEA, France), M. Kadler (Institut fur Theoretische Physik und Astrophysik Universitat Wurzburg, Dr. Karl Remeis Observatory and ECAP, Germany), I. Kreykenbohm (Dr. Karl Remeis Observatory and ECAP, Germany), G. Puehlhofer (IAA-Tuebingen, Germany), J. Rodriguez (CEA, France), C. Sanchez-Fernandez (ESA/ESAC, Spain), K. Watanabe (FGCU, USA)
on 12 Aug 2011; 17:35 UT
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Credential Certification: E. Bozzo (enrico.bozzo@unige.ch)
Subjects: X-ray, Gamma Ray, Binary, Black Hole, Neutron Star, Transient
Referred to by ATel #: 3555, 3558, 3560, 3561, 3562, 3563, 3568, 3601, 3606, 3622, 3634, 3638, 3643, 3646, 3661, 15996
INTEGRAL discovered a new hard X-ray transient, IGR J17498-2921,
during the observations performed from 2011-08-11 22:45 to
2011-08-12 05:54 UTC.
The source is detected in the IBIS/ISGRI mosaic at a preliminary
significance level of 11 and 9 sigma in the 20-40 keV and 40-80 keV energy
bands, respectively. The corresponding fluxes are
19+/-2 and 23+/-3 mCrab (68% c.l., only statistical).
The best determined source position is at RA=17:49:49; DEC=-29:21:14
(J2000) with a 90% confinement radius of 2.3 arcmin.
The IBIS/ISGRI spectrum (exposure time 15.9 ks) can be well described
by a a power-law with photon index 1.9+/-0.4 (90% c.l.).
The estimated 20-100 keV flux from the spectral fit is ~3.4e-10 erg/s/cm2.
Unfortunately, IGR J17498-2921 was located at the border of the JEM-X field of view
(FOV) and thus we can not report yet on its detection at low energy (2-25 keV).
Further INTEGRAL observations of the FOV around IGR J17498-2921
are planned for the next days.
