Swift observations of IGRJ16479-4514 in outburst
arXiv:0906.0883 · doi:10.1051/0004-6361/200912131
Abstract
The supergiant fast X-ray transient source IGR J16479-4514 was observed in outburst two times with Swift. Its quiescent state was investigated in-depth only once in 2008 through a relatively long pointed observation with XMM-Newton. The latter observation was taken about 1.7 days after the outburst in 2008, and showed an X-ray eclipse-like event, likely caused by the supergiant companion. At present, this is the only supergiant fast X-ray transient that displayed an evidence for an X-ray eclipse. Here we carry out a comparison between the most recent outburst of IGRJ16479-4514, caught by Swift on 29 January 2009 and those detected previously from this source. The decay from the outbursts in 2005, 2008 and 2009 presents many similarities, and suggests a common mechanism that modulates the mass accretion rate onto the neutron star in IGRJ16479-4514.
Accepted for publication in A&A
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