Search for an Infrared Counterpart of IGR J16358-4756

We report here on near infrared observations of the field around IGR J16358-4726. The source belongs to the new class of highly absorbed X-ray binaries discovered by IBIS/INTEGRAL. Our primary goal was to identify the infrared counterpart of the source, previously suggested to be a LMXB and then fur...

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Main Authors: D'Amico, Flavio, Jablonski, Francisco, Rodrigues, Claudia Vilega, Cieslinski, Deonisio, Hickel, Gabriel
Format: Conference Proceeding
Language:English
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Summary:We report here on near infrared observations of the field around IGR J16358-4726. The source belongs to the new class of highly absorbed X-ray binaries discovered by IBIS/INTEGRAL. Our primary goal was to identify the infrared counterpart of the source, previously suggested to be a LMXB and then further reclassified as a HMXB. We have made use of Chandra observations of the source in order to better constrain the number of possible counterparts. Using the differential photometry technique, in observations spanning a timescale of 1 month, we found no long term variability in our observations. This is compatible, and we suggest here, that the source is a HMXB.
ISSN:0094-243X
DOI:10.1063/1.2216611