{
  "id": "0906.0883",
  "version": "v1",
  "published": "2009-06-04T11:16:04.000Z",
  "updated": "2009-06-04T11:16:04.000Z",
  "title": "Swift observations of IGRJ16479-4514 in outburst",
  "authors": [
    "E. Bozzo",
    "A. Giunta",
    "L. Stella",
    "M. Falanga",
    "G. Israel",
    "S. Campana"
  ],
  "comment": "Accepted for publication in A&A",
  "categories": [
    "astro-ph.HE",
    "astro-ph.GA"
  ],
  "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.",
  "revisions": [
    {
      "version": "v1",
      "updated": "2009-06-04T11:16:04.000Z"
    }
  ],
  "analyses": {
    "keywords": [
      "swift observations",
      "fast x-ray transient source igr",
      "supergiant fast x-ray transient source",
      "mass accretion rate",
      "x-ray eclipse"
    ],
    "tags": [
      "journal article"
    ],
    "publication": {
      "doi": "10.1051/0004-6361/200912131",
      "journal": "Astronomy and Astrophysics",
      "year": 2009,
      "month": "Jul",
      "volume": 502,
      "number": 1,
      "pages": 21
    },
    "note": {
      "typesetting": "TeX",
      "pages": 0,
      "language": "en",
      "license": "arXiv",
      "status": "editable",
      "inspire": 822251,
      "adsabs": "2009A&A...502...21B"
    }
  }
}