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2014ApJ...788...32W - Astrophys. J., 788, 32 (2014/June-2)

Quasi-periodic variations in X-ray emission and long-term radio observations: evidence for a two-component jet in Sw J1644+57.

WANG J.-Z., LEI W.-H., WANG D.-X., ZOU Y.-C., ZHANG B., GAO H. and HUANG C.-Y.

Abstract (from CDS):

The continued observations of Sw J1644+57 in X-ray and radio bands accumulated a rich data set to study the relativistic jet launched in this tidal disruption event. The X-ray light curve of Sw J1644+57 from 5-30 days presents two kinds of quasi-periodic variations: a 200 s quasi-periodic oscillation (QPO) and a 2.7 day quasi-periodic variation. The latter has been interpreted by a precessing jet launched near the Bardeen-Petterson radius of a warped disk. Here we suggest that the ∼200 s QPO could be associated with a second, narrower jet sweeping the observer line-of-sight periodically, which is launched from a spinning black hole in the misaligned direction with respect to the black hole's angular momentum. In addition, we show that this two-component jet model can interpret the radio light curve of the event, especially the re-brightening feature starting ∼100 days after the trigger. From the data we infer that inner jet may have a Lorentz factor of Γj∼ 5.5 and a kinetic energy of E_k, iso_∼ 3.0x1052 erg, while the outer jet may have a Lorentz factor of Γj∼ 2.5 and a kinetic energy of E_k, iso_∼ 3.0x1053 erg.

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Journal keyword(s): accretion, accretion disks - black hole physics - magnetic fields

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