Simultaneous optical/X-ray study of GS 1354-64 (=BW Cir) during hard outburst: evidence for optical cyclo-synchrotron emission from the hot accretion flow
Simultaneous optical/X-ray study of GS 1354-64 (=BW Cir) during hard outburst: evidence for optical cyclo-synchrotron emission from the hot accretion flow
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硬爆发期间 GS 1354-64 (=BW Cir) 的同步光学/X 射线研究:来自热吸积流的光学回旋同步加速器发射的证据
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2017
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R. Misra
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M. Pahari;P. Gandhi;P. Charles;M. Kotze;D. Altamirano;R. Misra
We present results from simultaneous optical (SALT) and X-ray (Swift and
INTEGRAL) observations of GS 1354-64/BW Cir during the 2015 hard state
outburst. During the rising phase, optical/X-ray time series show a
strong anti-correlation with X-ray photons lagging optical. Optical and
X-ray power spectra show quasi-periodic oscillations at a frequency of
~18 mHz with a confidence level of at least 99%. Simultaneous fitting of
Swift/XRT and INTEGRAL spectra in the range 0.5-1000 keV shows
non-thermal, power-law dominated (> 90%) spectra with a hard
power-law index of 1.48 +/- 0.03, inner disc temperature of 0.12 +/-
0.01 keV and inner disc radius of ~3000 km. All evidence is consistent
with cyclo-synchrotron radiation in a non-thermal, hot electron cloud
extending to ~100 Schwarzschild radii being a major physical process for
the origin of optical photons. At outburst peak about one month later,
when the X-ray flux rises and the optical drops, the apparent features
in the optical/X-ray correlation vanish and the optical auto correlation
widens. Although ~0.19 Hz QPO is observed from the X-ray power spectra,
the optical variability is dominated by the broadband noise, and the
inner disc temperature increases. These results support a change in the
dominant optical emission source between outburst rise and peak,
consistent with a weakening of hot flow as the disc moves in.