Radio variations of Cygnus X-3

DOI

Cygnus X-3 is one of the brightest X-ray and radio sources in the Galaxy and is well known for its erratic behaviour in X-rays as well as in the radio, occasionally producing major radio flares associated with relativistic ejections. However, even after many years of observations in various wavelength bands Cyg X-3 still eludes clear physical understanding. Studying different emission bands simultaneously in microquasars has proved to be a fruitful approach towards understanding these systems, especially by shedding light on the accretion disc/jet connection. We continue this legacy by constructing a hardness-intensity diagram (HID) from archival Rossi X-ray Timing Explorer data and linking simultaneous radio observations to it. We find that surprisingly Cyg X-3 sketches a similar shape in the HID to that seen in other transient black hole X-ray binaries during outburst but with distinct differences.

Identifier
DOI http://doi.org/10.26093/cds/vizier.74060307
Source https://dc.g-vo.org/rr/q/lp/custom/CDS.VizieR/J/MNRAS/406/307
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Related Identifier http://vizier.cds.unistra.fr/viz-bin/VizieR-2?-source=J/MNRAS/406/307
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Provenance
Creator Koljonen K.I.I.; Hannikainen D.C.; McCollough M.L.; Pooley G.G.,Trushkin S.A.
Publisher CDS
Publication Year 2011
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OpenAccess true
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Representation
Resource Type Dataset; AstroObjects
Discipline Astrophysics and Astronomy; Cosmology; Natural Sciences; Physics; Stellar Astronomy