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arXiv:1307.6969 (astro-ph)
[Submitted on 26 Jul 2013]

Title:The Swift Supergiant Fast X-ray Transients Project: a review, new results, and future perspectives

Authors:P. Romano, V. Mangano (1), L. Ducci (2), P. Esposito (3), S. Vercellone (1), F. Bocchino (4), D. N. Burrows, J. A. Kennea (5), H.A. Krimm (6,7), N. Gehrels (6), R. Farinelli, C. Ceccobello (7) ((1) INAF/IASF-Palermo, (2) IAAT, Uni. Tuebingen, (3) INAF-IASF-Milano, (4) INAF-OA Palermo, (5) PSU, (5) NASA/GSFC, (6) USRA, (7) Uni. Ferrara)
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Abstract:We present a review of the Supergiant Fast X-ray Transients (SFXT) Project, a systematic investigation of the properties of SFXTs with a strategy that combines Swift monitoring programs with outburst follow-up observations. This strategy has quickly tripled the available sets of broad-band data of SFXT outbursts, and gathered a wealth of out-of-outburst data, which have led us to a broad-band spectral characterization, an assessment of the fraction of the time these sources spend in each phase, and their duty cycle of inactivity. We present some new observational results obtained through our outburst follow-ups, as fitting examples of the exceptional capabilities of Swift in catching bright flares and monitor them panchromatically.
Comments: Accepted for publication in Advances in Space Research. Proceedings of the 39th COSPAR Scientific Assembly, E1.4, "Unveiling Properties of Supergiant Fast X-ray Transients". 9 pages, 6 figures, 2 tables
Subjects: High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena (astro-ph.HE)
Cite as: arXiv:1307.6969 [astro-ph.HE]
  (or arXiv:1307.6969v1 [astro-ph.HE] for this version)
  https://doi.org/10.48550/arXiv.1307.6969
Related DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.asr.2013.07.034

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From: Patrizia Romano [view email]
[v1] Fri, 26 Jul 2013 09:31:55 UTC (236 KB)
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