2001MNRAS.323..517B -
Mon. Not. R. Astron. Soc., 323, 517-528 (2001/May-2)
The 1997 hard-state outburst of the X-ray transient GS 1354-64/BW Cir.
BROCKSOPP C., JONKER P.G., FENDER R.P., GROOT P.J., VAN DER KLIS M. and TINGAY S.J.
Abstract (from CDS):
We present observations of the 1997 outburst of the X-ray transient GS 1354-64 (BW Cir) at X-ray, optical and, for the first time, radio wavelengths; our results include upper limits to the linear and circular polarization for the radio data. The X-ray outburst was unusual in that the source remained in the low/hard X-ray state throughout; the X-ray peak was also preceded by at least one optical outburst, suggesting that it was an `outside-in' outburst - similar to those observed in dwarf novae systems, although possibly taking place on a viscous time-scale in this case. It therefore indicates that the optical emission was not dominated by the reprocessing of X-rays, but that instead we see the instability directly. While the radio source was too faint to detect any extended structure, spectral analysis of the radio data and a comparison with other similar systems suggest that mass ejections, probably in the form of a jet, took place and that the emitted synchrotron spectrum may have extended as far as infrared wavelengths. Finally, we compare this 1997 outburst of GS 1354-64 with possible previous outbursts and also with other hard-state objects, both transient and persistent. It appears that a set of characteristics - such as a weak, flat-spectrum radio jet, a mHz QPO increasing in frequency, a surprisingly high optical/X-ray luminosity ratio, and the observed optical peak preceding the X-ray peak - may be common to all hard-state X-ray transients.
Abstract Copyright:
The Royal Astronomical Society
Journal keyword(s):
accretion, accretion discs - stars: individual: GS 1354-64 - X-rays: stars
Nomenclature:
Table 2: BJF JHHMMSS.ss+DDMMSS.s N=8.
Simbad objects:
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