On the nature of the hard X-ray sources SWIFT J1907.3-2050, IGR J12123-5802 and IGR J19552+0044

• Autores: Bernardini, Federico; Martino, D. de; Mukai, K.; Falanga, Maurizio; Andruchow, Ileana; Bonnet Bidaud, J. M.; Masetti, N.; Gonzalez Buitrago, D. H.; Mouchet, M.; Tovmassian, Gagik
• Año de publicación: 2013
• Idioma: inglés
• Tipo de recurso: artículo
• Materia: Ciencias Astronómicas; X-rays: individual: IGR J19552+0044; X-rays: individual: Swift J1212.3-5806 (also known as: IGR J12123-5802 and 1RXS J121222.7-580118); X-rays: individual: Swift J1907.3-2050 (also known as: V1082 Sgr); X-rays: individual: WISE J195512.47+004536.6
• Institución: Universidad Nacional de La Plata

The INTEGRAL and Swift hard X-ray surveys have identified a large number of new sources, among which many are proposed as Cataclysmic Variables (CVs). Here, we present the first detailed study of three X-ray-selected CVs, Swift J1907.3-2050, IGR J12123-5802 and IGR J19552+0044 based on XMM-Newton, Suzaku, Swift observations and groundbased optical and archival (near-IR) nIR/IR data. Swift J1907.3-2050 is highly variable from hours to months-years at all wavelengths. No coherent X-ray pulses are detected but rather transient features. The X-ray spectrum reveals a multitemperature optically thin plasma absorbed by complex neutral material and a soft blackbody component arising from a small area. These characteristics are remarkably similar to those observed inmagnetic CVs. A suprasolar abundance of nitrogen could arise from nuclear processed material from the donor star. Swift J1907.3-2050 could be a peculiar magnetic CV with the second longest (20.82 h) binary period. IGR J12123-5802 is variable in the X-rays on a time-scale of ≳ 7.6 h. No coherent pulsations are detected, but its spectral characteristics suggest that it could be a magnetic CV of the Intermediate Polar (IP) type. IGR J19552+0044 shows two X-ray periods, ~1.38 h and ~1.69 h and an X-ray spectrum characterized by a multitemperature plasma with little absorption. We derive a low accretion rate, consistent with a CV below the orbital period gap. Its peculiar nIR/IR spectrum suggests a contribution from cyclotron emission. It could either be a pre-polar or an IP with the lowest degree of asynchronism.
Facultad de Ciencias Astronómicas y Geofísicas
Instituto de Astrofísica de La Plata