Article Dans Une Revue Astronomy & Astrophysics - A&A Année : 2003

$\vec{XMM}$-$\vec{Newton}$ study of the persistent X-ray source 1E 1743.1–2843 located in the Galactic Center direction

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We report the results of an XMM-Newton observation of the persistent X-ray source 1E 1743.1-2843, located in the Galactic Center (GC) direction. We determine the position of the source at alphaJ2000 =17h 46m 21.0s, deltaJ2000 =-28o 43' 44'' (with an uncertainty of 1.5''), which is the most accurate to date, and will enable cross-identifications at other wavelengths. The source was bright during this observation (L2-10 keV ~ 2.7 x 1036 d210 kpc erg s-1 for a power-law continuum), with no significant variability. We propose that 1E 1743.1-2843 may be explained in terms of a black hole candidate in a low/hard state. There is an indication that the source exhibits different states from a comparison of our results with previous observations (e.g., ART-P, BeppoSAX). However, the present spectral analysis does not rule out the hypothesis of a neutron star low-mass X-ray binary as suggested previously. If 1E 1743.1-2843 is actually located in the GC region, we might expect to observe significant 6.4 keV fluorescent iron line emission from nearby molecular clouds (e.g., GCM+0.25+0.01).
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hal-02337753 , version 1 (17-01-2025)

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D. Porquet, J. Rodriguez, S. Corbel, P. Goldoni, R. S. Warwick, et al.. $\vec{XMM}$-$\vec{Newton}$ study of the persistent X-ray source 1E 1743.1–2843 located in the Galactic Center direction. Astronomy & Astrophysics - A&A, 2003, 406 (1), pp.299-304. ⟨10.1051/0004-6361:20030770⟩. ⟨hal-02337753⟩
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