INTEGRAL and New Classes of High-Mass X-ray Binaries
Christoph Winkler
TL;DR
This paper reviews the INTEGRAL observatory's discoveries of new classes of high-mass X-ray binaries, including highly-obscured systems and super-giant fast transients, highlighting their significance in high-energy astrophysics.
Contribution
It introduces and discusses two new classes of high-mass X-ray binaries discovered by INTEGRAL, expanding understanding of high-energy Galactic objects.
Findings
Discovery of highly-obscured high-mass X-ray binaries
Identification of super-giant fast transients
Enhanced knowledge of high-energy Galactic phenomena
Abstract
The gamma-ray observatory INTEGRAL, launched in October 2002, produces a wealth of discoveries and new results on compact high energy Galactic objects, nuclear gamma-ray line emission, diffuse line and continuum emission, cosmic background radiation, AGN and high energy transients. Two important serendipitous discoveries made by the INTEGRAL mission are new classes of X-ray binaries, namely the highly-obscured high-mass X-ray binaries, and the super-giant fast transients. In this paper I will review the current status of these discoveries.
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