INTEGRAL non detection of renewed activity from Terzan 5
ATel #3718; I. Vovk (ISDC, Switzerland), E. Kuulkers (ESA/ESAC, Spain), J. Chenevez (DTU Space, Denmark), E. Bozzo (ISDC, Switzerland), on behalf of the INTEGRAL Galactic Bulge Monitoring group,
on 27 Oct 2011; 10:37 UT
Credential Certification: E. Bozzo (enrico.bozzo@unige.ch)
Subjects: X-ray, Neutron Star, Transient
The Globular Cluster Terzan5, was observed by the IBIS/ISGRI and JEM-X instruments
on-board INTEGRAL during the Galactic Bulge monitoring program
(ATel #438) from 2011 October 25 at 17:15 to 2011 October 25 at 20:56 (UTC).
No significant X-ray emission was detected in the direction of the Globular Cluster.
From the JEM-X mosaic, we estimated a 5 sigma upper limit of 6 mCrab in the 3-10 keV
energy band (effective exposure time 5.2 ks). The 5 sigma upper limit in the 20-40 keV
energy band derived from the IBIS/ISGRI data was of 11 mCrab (effective exposure 12 ks).
The INTEGRAL observations took place about 8 hours before the RXTE detection reported in Atel #
3714,
and thus probably just before the onset of renewed activity.
Due to Sun visibility constraints, no other INTEGRAL observations in the direction
of Terzan 5 are planned for the next months.
