Initial low/hard state, multiple jet ejections and X-ray/radio correlations during the outburst of XTE J1859+226

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作者
Brocksopp, C
Fender, RP
McCollough, M
Pooley, GG
Rupen, MP
Hjellming, RM
de la Force, CJ
Spencer, RE
Muxlow, TWB
Garrington, ST
Trushkin, S
机构
[1] Liverpool John Moores Univ, Astrophys Res Inst, Birkenhead CH41 1LD, Merseyside, England
[2] Univ Amsterdam, Astron Inst Anton Pannekoek, NL-1098 SJ Amsterdam, Netherlands
[3] Univ Amsterdam, Ctr High Energy Astrophys, NL-1098 SJ Amsterdam, Netherlands
[4] Univ Space Res Assoc, Huntsville, AL 35812 USA
[5] Univ Cambridge, Cavendish Lab, Mullard Radio Astron Observ, Cambridge CB3 0HE, England
[6] Natl Radio Astron Observ, Socorro, NM 87801 USA
[7] Jodrell Bank Observ, Macclesfield SK11 9DL, Cheshire, England
[8] RAS, Special Astrophys Observ, Nizhnii Arkhyz 369167, Karachaevo Cher, Russia
关键词
accretion; accretion discs; stars : individual : XTE J1859+226; X-rays : stars;
D O I
10.1046/j.1365-8711.2002.05230.x
中图分类号
P1 [天文学];
学科分类号
0704 ;
摘要
We have studied the 1999 soft X-ray transient outburst of XTE J1859+226 at radio and X-ray wavelengths. The event was characterized by strong variability in the disc, corona and jet - in particular, a number of radio flares (ejections) took place and seemed well-correlated with hard X-ray events. Apparently unusual for the canonical 'soft' X-ray transient, there was an initial period of low/hard state behaviour during the rise from quiescence but prior to the peak of the main outburst - we show that not only could this initial low/hard state be a ubiquitous feature of soft X-ray transient outbursts, but also it could be extremely important in our study of outburst mechanisms.
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