Title:
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The 2010 May Flaring Episode of Cygnus X-3 in Radio, X-rays, and γ-rays
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Author:
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Williams, Peter K. G.; Tomsick, John A.; Bodaghee, Arash; Bower, Geoffrey C.; Pooley, G.; Pottschmidt, Katja; Rodriguez, Jérôme; Wilms, Jörn; Migliari, Simone; Trushkin, Sergei A.
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Other authors:
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Universitat de Barcelona |
Abstract:
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In 2009, Cygnus X-3 (Cyg X-3) became the first microquasar to be detected in the GeV γ-ray regime, via the satellites Fermi and AGILE. The addition of this new band to the observational toolbox holds promise for building a more detailed understanding of the relativistic jets of this and other systems. We present a rich data set of radio, hard and soft X-ray, and γ-ray observations of Cyg X-3 made during a flaring episode in 2010 May. We detect a ~3 day softening and recovery of the X-ray emission, followed almost immediately by a ~1 Jy radio flare at 15 GHz, followed by a 4.3σ γ-ray flare (E > 100 MeV) ~1.5 days later. The radio sampling is sparse, but we use archival data to argue that it is unlikely the γ-ray flare was followed by any significant unobserved radio flares. In this case, the sequencing of the observed events is difficult to explain in a model in which the γ-ray emission is due to inverse Compton scattering of the companion star's radiation field. Our observations suggest that other mechanisms may also be responsible for γ-ray emission from Cyg X-3. |
Subject(s):
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-Forats negres (Astronomia) -Estels binaris de raigs X -Jets (Astrofísica) -Astrofísica -Black holes (Astronomy) -X-ray binaries -Astrophysical jets -Astrophysics |
Rights:
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(c) American Astronomical Society, 2011
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Document type:
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Article Article - Published version |
Published by:
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Institute of Physics (IOP)
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