ON THE NEAR-INFRARED IDENTIFICATION OF THE INTEGRAL SOURCE IGR J16328–4726

Journal Article · Wed Jul 15 00:00:00 EDT 2015 · Astronomical Journal (Online)

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1088/0004-6256/150/1/21· OSTI ID:22520185

Persi, P.; Fiocchi, M.; Bazzano, A.; Ubertini, P.; Parisi, P. ^[1]; Tapia, M. ^[2]

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1. INAF/IAPS-Roma, Via fosso del cavaliere, 100, I-00133 Roma (Italy)
2. Instituto de Astronomía, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Ensenada, B.C. (Mexico)

The aim of this work is to identify the infrared (IR) counterpart of the Galactic high-mass X-ray binary IGR J16328–4726 discovered by the INTEGRAL satellite, and to derive the extinction and distance to the system. We present new deep sub-arcsecond JHK{sub s} imaging and low-resolution near-IR spectroscopy in the 1.5 and 2.4 μm range of IGR J16328–4726. We report the presence of two near-IR stellar sources separated by about 1.″8 at the location of the unresolved 2MASS source J16323791–4723409, previously considered to be the near-IR counterpart of the X-ray source. From the analysis of their near-IR colors and spectra as well as accurate positions, we uniquely identify the true IR counterpart of IGR J16328–4726. Our 1.5–2.4 μm spectrum of this star is consistent with the published classification O8Iafpe. Assuming this, and in combination with new JHK{sub s} photometry, a reddening A{sub V} = 23.6 ± 0.7 and a distance of 7.2 ± 0.3 kpc from the Sun are derived.

• OSTI ID: 22520185
• Journal Information: Astronomical Journal (Online), Vol. 150, Issue 1; Other Information: Country of input: International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA); ISSN 1538-3881
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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79 ASTROPHYSICS
COSMOLOGY AND ASTRONOMY
BINARY STARS
CLASSIFICATION
COSMIC X-RAY SOURCES
DISTANCE
INFRARED SPECTRA
MASS
NEAR INFRARED RADIATION
PHOTOMETRY
RESOLUTION
SATELLITES