Up and Down the Black Hole Radio/X-Ray Correlation: The 2017 Mini-outbursts from Swift J1753.5-0127
The candidate black hole X-ray binary Swift J1753.5-0127 faded to quiescence in 2016 November after a prolonged outburst that was discovered in 2005. Nearly three months later, the system displayed renewed activity that lasted through 2017 July. Here, we present radio and X-ray monitoring over˜3 mon...
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| author | Plotkin, Richard Bright, J. Miller-Jones, James Shaw, A. Tomsick, J. Russell, T. Zhang, G. Russell, D. Fender, R. Homan, J. Atri, P. Bernardini, F. Gelfand, J. Lewis, F. Cantwell, T. Carey, S. Grainge, K. Hickish, J. Perrott, Y. Razavi-Ghods, N. Scaife, A. Scott, P. Titterington, D. |
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| description | The candidate black hole X-ray binary Swift J1753.5-0127 faded to quiescence in 2016 November after a prolonged outburst that was discovered in 2005. Nearly three months later, the system displayed renewed activity that lasted through 2017 July. Here, we present radio and X-ray monitoring over˜3 months of the renewed activity to study the coupling between the jet and the inner regions of the disk/jet system. Our observations cover low X-ray luminosities that have not historically been well-sampled (L X 2 ×10 33 - 10 36 erg s -1 ; 1-10 keV), including time periods when the system was both brightening and fading. At these low luminosities, Swift J1753.5 -0127 occupies a parameter space in the radio/X-ray luminosity plane that is comparable to "canonical" systems (e.g., GX 339-4), regardless of whether the system was brightening or fading, even though during its ?11 year outburst, Swift J1753.5-0127 emitted less radio emission from its jet than expected. We discuss implications for the existence of a single radio/X-ray luminosity correlation for black hole X-ray binaries at the lowest luminosities (L X 10 35 erg s -1 ), and we compare to supermassive black holes. Our campaign includes the lowest luminosity quasi-simultaneous radio/X-ray detection to date for a black hole X-ray binary during its rise out of quiescence, thanks to early notification from optical monitoring combined with fast responses from sensitive multiwavelength facilities. © 2017. The American Astronomical Society. All rights reserved. |
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| spelling | curtin-20.500.11937-582722022-11-28T04:24:19Z Up and Down the Black Hole Radio/X-Ray Correlation: The 2017 Mini-outbursts from Swift J1753.5-0127 Plotkin, Richard Bright, J. Miller-Jones, James Shaw, A. Tomsick, J. Russell, T. Zhang, G. Russell, D. Fender, R. Homan, J. Atri, P. Bernardini, F. Gelfand, J. Lewis, F. Cantwell, T. Carey, S. Grainge, K. Hickish, J. Perrott, Y. Razavi-Ghods, N. Scaife, A. Scott, P. Titterington, D. The candidate black hole X-ray binary Swift J1753.5-0127 faded to quiescence in 2016 November after a prolonged outburst that was discovered in 2005. Nearly three months later, the system displayed renewed activity that lasted through 2017 July. Here, we present radio and X-ray monitoring over˜3 months of the renewed activity to study the coupling between the jet and the inner regions of the disk/jet system. Our observations cover low X-ray luminosities that have not historically been well-sampled (L X 2 ×10 33 - 10 36 erg s -1 ; 1-10 keV), including time periods when the system was both brightening and fading. At these low luminosities, Swift J1753.5 -0127 occupies a parameter space in the radio/X-ray luminosity plane that is comparable to "canonical" systems (e.g., GX 339-4), regardless of whether the system was brightening or fading, even though during its ?11 year outburst, Swift J1753.5-0127 emitted less radio emission from its jet than expected. We discuss implications for the existence of a single radio/X-ray luminosity correlation for black hole X-ray binaries at the lowest luminosities (L X 10 35 erg s -1 ), and we compare to supermassive black holes. Our campaign includes the lowest luminosity quasi-simultaneous radio/X-ray detection to date for a black hole X-ray binary during its rise out of quiescence, thanks to early notification from optical monitoring combined with fast responses from sensitive multiwavelength facilities. © 2017. The American Astronomical Society. All rights reserved. 2017 Journal Article http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/58272 10.3847/1538-4357/aa8d6d http://purl.org/au-research/grants/arc/FT140101082 Institute of Physics Publishing fulltext |
| spellingShingle | Plotkin, Richard Bright, J. Miller-Jones, James Shaw, A. Tomsick, J. Russell, T. Zhang, G. Russell, D. Fender, R. Homan, J. Atri, P. Bernardini, F. Gelfand, J. Lewis, F. Cantwell, T. Carey, S. Grainge, K. Hickish, J. Perrott, Y. Razavi-Ghods, N. Scaife, A. Scott, P. Titterington, D. Up and Down the Black Hole Radio/X-Ray Correlation: The 2017 Mini-outbursts from Swift J1753.5-0127 |
| title | Up and Down the Black Hole Radio/X-Ray Correlation: The 2017 Mini-outbursts from Swift J1753.5-0127 |
| title_full | Up and Down the Black Hole Radio/X-Ray Correlation: The 2017 Mini-outbursts from Swift J1753.5-0127 |
| title_fullStr | Up and Down the Black Hole Radio/X-Ray Correlation: The 2017 Mini-outbursts from Swift J1753.5-0127 |
| title_full_unstemmed | Up and Down the Black Hole Radio/X-Ray Correlation: The 2017 Mini-outbursts from Swift J1753.5-0127 |
| title_short | Up and Down the Black Hole Radio/X-Ray Correlation: The 2017 Mini-outbursts from Swift J1753.5-0127 |
| title_sort | up and down the black hole radio/x-ray correlation: the 2017 mini-outbursts from swift j1753.5-0127 |
| url | http://purl.org/au-research/grants/arc/FT140101082 http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/58272 |