The Swift view of Supergiant Fast X-ray Transients
L. Sidoli (1), P. Romano (2), L. Ducci (3,1), A. Paizis (1), S., Vercellone (2), G. Cusumano (2), V. La Parola (2), V. Mangano (2), D.N., Burrows (6), J.A. Kennea (6), H.A. Krimm (4,5), N. Gehrels (5) ((1) INAF/IASF, Milano, Italy, (2) INAF/IASF Palermo, Italy
TL;DR
This paper presents results from a Swift/XRT monitoring campaign of four Supergiant Fast X-ray Transients, aiming to understand their behavior and properties as a new class of high-mass X-ray binaries.
Contribution
It provides new observational data and insights into the nature of Supergiant Fast X-ray Transients through extensive monitoring.
Findings
Characterized X-ray variability patterns
Identified key properties of transient behavior
Contributed to understanding of high-mass X-ray binaries
Abstract
We report here on the recent results of a monitoring campaign we have been carrying out with Swift/XRT on a sample of four Supergiant Fast X-ray Transients. The main goal of this large programme (with a net Swift/XRT exposure of 540 ks, updated to 2009, August, 31) is to address several main open issues related to this new class of High Mass X-ray Binaries hosting OB supergiant stars as companions. Here we summarize the most important results obtained between October 2007 and August 2009.
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