2002A&A...383L..35C -
Astronomy and Astrophysics, volume 383L35-38 (2002/3-1)
Disk-jet connection in Cygnus X-3.
CHOUDHURY M., RAO A.R., VADAWALE S.V., ISHWARA-CHANDRA C.H. and JAIN A.K.
Abstract (from CDS):
We present the results of a detailed correlation study between the soft X-ray, hard X-ray, and radio emission (obtained from RXTE ASM, BATSE, and GBI observations, respectively) of the bright radio emitting Galactic X-ray binary Cygnus X-3. We detect a very strong positive correlation between the soft X-ray and radio emission during the low-hard and minor flaring periods of the source, and an anti-correlation between the soft and hard X-ray emissions. We present statistical arguments to suggest that the anti-correlation between the radio and hard X-ray emission, reported earlier, is primarily due to their correlation and anti-correlation, respectively, with the soft X-ray emission. We make a wide band X-ray spectral study using the pointed RXTE observations and detect a pivotal behaviour in the X-ray spectrum. We argue that this X-ray spectral pivoting is responsible for the anti-correlation between the soft and hard X-ray emissions. The strong correlation between the soft X-ray and radio emission suggests a close link between the accreting mechanism, plasma cloud surrounding the compact object and the radio emission.
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Journal keyword(s):
accretion - binaries: close - stars: individual: Cygnus X-3 - radio continuum: stars - X-rays: binaries
CDS comments:
XTE J1550-534 is a misprint for XTE J1550-564.
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