Optical Precursors to Black Hole X-ray Binary Outbursts: An evolving synchrotron jet spectrum in Swift J1357.2-0933

We present six years of optical monitoring of the black hole candidate X-ray binary Swift J1357.2-0933, during and since its discovery outburst in 2011. On these long timescales, the quiescent light curve is dominated by high amplitude, short term (seconds-days) variability spanning ~ 2 magnitudes,...

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Main Authors: Russell, D., Qasim, A., Bernardini, F., Plotkin, Richard, Lewis, F., Koljonen, K., Yang, Y.
Format: Journal Article
Published: - 2018
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/57926