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2016MNRAS.462L.111L - Mon. Not. R. Astron. Soc., 462, L111-L115 (2016/October-2)

High-energy gamma-ray observations of the accreting black hole V404 Cygni during its 2015 June outburst.

LOH A., CORBEL S., DUBUS G., RODRIGUEZ J., GRENIER I., HOVATTA T., PEARSON T., READHEAD A., FENDER R. and MOOLEY K.

Abstract (from CDS):

We report on Fermi/Large Area Telescope observations of the accreting black hole low-mass X-ray binary V404 Cygni during its outburst in 2015 June-July. Detailed analyses reveal a possible excess of γ-ray emission on 2015 26 June, with a very soft spectrum above 100 MeV, at a position consistent with the direction of V404 Cyg (within the 95 per cent confidence region and a chance probability of 4 x 10–4). This emission cannot be associated with any previously known Fermi source. Its temporal coincidence with the brightest radio and hard X-ray flare in the light curve of V404 Cyg, at the end of the main active phase of its outburst, strengthens the association with V404 Cyg. If the γ-ray emission is associated with V404 Cyg, the simultaneous detection of 511 keV annihilation emission by INTEGRAL reqires that the high-energy γ-rays originate away from the corona, possibly in a Blandford-Znajek jet. The data give support to models involving a magnetically arrested disc where a bright γ-ray jet can re-form after the occurrence of a major transient ejection seen in the radio.

Abstract Copyright: © 2016 The Authors Published by Oxford University Press on behalf of the Royal Astronomical Society

Journal keyword(s): black hole physics - stars: individual: V404 Cygni - gamma-rays: stars - radio continuum: stars - X-rays: binaries - X-rays: binaries

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