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2017ApJ...834..104P - Astrophys. J., 834, 104-104 (2017/January-2)

The 2015 decay of the black hole X-ray binary V404 Cygni: robust disk-jet coupling and a sharp transition into quiescence.

PLOTKIN R.M., MILLER-JONES J.C.A., GALLO E., JONKER P.G., HOMAN J., TOMSICK J.A., KAARET P., RUSSELL D.M., HEINZ S., HODGES-KLUCK E.J., MARKOFF S., SIVAKOFF G.R., ALTAMIRANO D. and NEILSEN J.

Abstract (from CDS):

We present simultaneous X-ray and radio observations of the black hole X-ray binary V404 Cygni at the end of its 2015 outburst. From 2015 July 11-August 5, we monitored V404 Cygni with Chandra, Swift, and NuSTAR in the X-ray, and with the Karl G. Jansky Very Large Array and the Very Long Baseline Array in the radio, spanning a range of luminosities that were poorly covered during its previous outburst in 1989 (our 2015 campaign covers 2×1033 LX 1034 erg s–1). During our 2015 campaign, the X-ray spectrum evolved rapidly from a hard photon index of Γ~1.6 (at LX~1034 erg s–1) to a softer Γ~2 (at LX~3×1033 erg s–1). We argue that V404 Cygni reaching Γ~2 marks the beginning of the quiescent spectral state, which occurs at a factor of ≃3-4 higher X-ray luminosity than the average pre-outburst luminosity of ~8×1032 erg s–1. V404 Cygni falls along the same radio/X-ray luminosity correlation that it followed during its previous outburst in 1989, implying a robust disk-jet coupling. We exclude the possibility that a synchrotron-cooled jet dominates the X-ray emission in quiescence, leaving synchrotron self-Compton from either a hot accretion flow or from a radiatively cooled jet as the most likely sources of X-ray radiation, and/or particle acceleration along the jet becoming less efficient in quiescence. Finally, we present the first indications of correlated radio and X-ray variability on minute timescales in quiescence, tentatively measuring the radio emission to lag the X-ray by 15±4 minute, suggestive of X-ray variations propagating down a jet with a length of <3.0 au.

Abstract Copyright: © 2017. The American Astronomical Society. All rights reserved.

Journal keyword(s): accretion, accretion disks - stars: black holes - stars: individual: V404 Cygni - X-rays: binaries - X-rays: binaries

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