Correlated radio-X-ray variability of galactic black holes: A radio-X-ray flare in cygnus X-1

Jörn Wilms, Katja Pottschmidt, Guy G. Pooley, Sera Markoff, Michael A. Nowak, Ingo Kreykenbohm, Richard E. Rothschild

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Abstract

We report on the first detection of a quasi-simultaneous radio-X-ray flare of Cygnus X-1. The detection was made on 2005 April 16 with pointed observations by the RXTE and the Ryle telescope, during a phase where the black hole candidate was close to a transition from its soft state to its hard state. The radio flare lagged the X-rays by ∼7 minutes, peaking at 3:20 hr barycentric time (TDB 2,453,476.63864). We discuss this lag in the context of models explaining such flaring events as the ejection of electron bubbles emitting synchrotron radiation.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)L97-L100
JournalAstrophysical Journal
Volume663
Issue number2 II
DOIs
StatePublished - Jul 10 2007

Keywords

  • Accretion, accretion disks
  • Black hole physics
  • X-rays: binaries
  • X-rays: stars

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