{
  "id": "astro-ph/0511088",
  "version": "v1",
  "published": "2005-11-02T21:01:11.000Z",
  "updated": "2005-11-02T21:01:11.000Z",
  "title": "Supergiant Fast X-ray Transients: A new class of high mass X-ray binaries unveiled by INTEGRAL",
  "authors": [
    "Ignacio Negueruela",
    "David M. Smith",
    "Pablo Reig",
    "Sylvain Chaty",
    "Jose Miguel Torrejon"
  ],
  "comment": "To appear in Proceedings of \"The X-ray Universe 2005\", held in San Lorenzo de El Escorial (Madrid, Spain), 26-30 September 2005, ESA-SP 604. 6 pages, 6 figures, style file included",
  "journal": "ESA Spec.Publ. 604 (2006) 165",
  "categories": [
    "astro-ph"
  ],
  "abstract": "INTEGRAL monitoring of the Galactic Plane is revealing a growing number of recurrent X-ray transients, characterised by short outbursts with very fast rise times (~ tens of minutes) and typical durations of a few hours. Here we show that several of these transients are associated with OB supergiants and hence define a new class of massive X-ray binaries which we call Supergiant Fast X-ray Transients (SFXTs). Many other transient X-ray sources display similar X-ray characteristics, suggesting that they belong to the same class. Since they are difficult to detect and their number is growing fast and steadily, they could represent a major class of X-ray binaries.",
  "revisions": [
    {
      "version": "v1",
      "updated": "2005-11-02T21:01:11.000Z"
    }
  ],
  "analyses": {
    "keywords": [
      "supergiant fast x-ray transients",
      "high mass x-ray binaries",
      "x-ray sources display similar",
      "display similar x-ray characteristics",
      "sources display similar x-ray"
    ],
    "tags": [
      "journal article"
    ],
    "note": {
      "typesetting": "TeX",
      "pages": 6,
      "language": "en",
      "license": "arXiv",
      "status": "editable",
      "inspire": 696801
    }
  }
}