THE COMPLETE SPECTRUM OF THE NEUTRON STAR X-RAY BINARY 4U 0614+091
We observed the neutron star (NS) ultra-compact X-ray binary 4U 0614+091 quasi-simultaneously in the radio band (Very Large Array), mid-infrared (IR)/IR (Spitzer/Multiband Imaging Photometer for Spitzer and Infrared Array Camera), near-IR/optical (Small and Moderate Aperture Research Telescope Syste...
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| author | Migliari, S. Tomsick, J. A. Miller-Jones, J. C. A. Heinz, Sebastian Hynes, R. I. Fender, R. P. Gallo, Elena Jonker, P. G. Maccarone, T. J. |
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| description | We observed the neutron star (NS) ultra-compact X-ray binary 4U 0614+091 quasi-simultaneously in the radio band (Very Large Array), mid-infrared (IR)/IR (Spitzer/Multiband Imaging Photometer for Spitzer and Infrared Array Camera), near-IR/optical (Small and Moderate Aperture Research Telescope System), optical-UV (Swift/UV-Optical Telescope), soft and hard X-rays (Swift/X-ray Telescope and Rossi-X-ray Timing Explorer). The source was steadily in its "hard state." We detected the source in the whole range, for the first time in the radio band at 4.86 and 8.46 GHz and in the mid-IR at 24 μm, up to 100 keV. The optically thick synchrotron spectrum of the jet is consistent with being flat from the radio to the mid-IR band. The flat jet spectrum breaks in the range ~(1-4) × 10[superscript 13] Hz to an optically thin power-law synchrotron spectrum with spectral index ~–0.5. These observations allow us to estimate a lower limit on the jet radiative power of ~3 × 10[superscript 32] erg s[superscript –1] and a total jet power L [subscript J] ~ 10[superscript 34]μ[superscript –1] [subscript 0.05] E [superscript 0.53] c erg s[superscript –1] (where E [subscript c] is the high-energy cutoff of the synchrotron spectrum in eV and μ[subscript 0.05] is the radiative efficiency in units of 0.05). The contemporaneous detection of the optically thin part of the compact jet and the X-ray tail above 30 keV allows us to assess the contribution of the jet to the hard X-ray tail by synchrotron self-Compton (SSC) processes. We conclude that, for realistic jet size, boosting, viewing angle, and energy partition, the SSC emission alone, from the post-shock, accelerated, non-thermal population in the jet, is not a viable mechanism to explain the observed hard X-ray tail of the NS 4U 0614+091. |
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| spelling | mit-1721.1/958252022-09-30T16:41:34Z THE COMPLETE SPECTRUM OF THE NEUTRON STAR X-RAY BINARY 4U 0614+091 Migliari, S. Tomsick, J. A. Miller-Jones, J. C. A. Heinz, Sebastian Hynes, R. I. Fender, R. P. Gallo, Elena Jonker, P. G. Maccarone, T. J. MIT Kavli Institute for Astrophysics and Space Research Gallo, Elena We observed the neutron star (NS) ultra-compact X-ray binary 4U 0614+091 quasi-simultaneously in the radio band (Very Large Array), mid-infrared (IR)/IR (Spitzer/Multiband Imaging Photometer for Spitzer and Infrared Array Camera), near-IR/optical (Small and Moderate Aperture Research Telescope System), optical-UV (Swift/UV-Optical Telescope), soft and hard X-rays (Swift/X-ray Telescope and Rossi-X-ray Timing Explorer). The source was steadily in its "hard state." We detected the source in the whole range, for the first time in the radio band at 4.86 and 8.46 GHz and in the mid-IR at 24 μm, up to 100 keV. The optically thick synchrotron spectrum of the jet is consistent with being flat from the radio to the mid-IR band. The flat jet spectrum breaks in the range ~(1-4) × 10[superscript 13] Hz to an optically thin power-law synchrotron spectrum with spectral index ~–0.5. These observations allow us to estimate a lower limit on the jet radiative power of ~3 × 10[superscript 32] erg s[superscript –1] and a total jet power L [subscript J] ~ 10[superscript 34]μ[superscript –1] [subscript 0.05] E [superscript 0.53] c erg s[superscript –1] (where E [subscript c] is the high-energy cutoff of the synchrotron spectrum in eV and μ[subscript 0.05] is the radiative efficiency in units of 0.05). The contemporaneous detection of the optically thin part of the compact jet and the X-ray tail above 30 keV allows us to assess the contribution of the jet to the hard X-ray tail by synchrotron self-Compton (SSC) processes. We conclude that, for realistic jet size, boosting, viewing angle, and energy partition, the SSC emission alone, from the post-shock, accelerated, non-thermal population in the jet, is not a viable mechanism to explain the observed hard X-ray tail of the NS 4U 0614+091. European Space Agency (ESA Fellow) National Radio Astronomy Observatory (U.S.) (Jansky Fellow) Space Telescope Science Institute (U.S.) (Postdoctoral Fellowship grant no. HST-HF-01218.01-A) Jet Propulsion Laboratory (U.S.) (JPL/Caltech award) Jet Propulsion Laboratory (U.S.) (JPL/Caltech Spitzer grant 1289781) Jet Propulsion Laboratory (U.S.) (JPL/Caltech Spitzer grant 1321162) 2015-03-04T20:32:05Z 2015-03-04T20:32:05Z 2010-02 2009-06 Article http://purl.org/eprint/type/JournalArticle 0004-637X 1538-4357 http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/95825 Migliari, S., J. A. Tomsick, J. C. A. Miller-Jones, S. Heinz, R. I. Hynes, R. P. Fender, E. Gallo, P. G. Jonker, and T. J. Maccarone. “THE COMPLETE SPECTRUM OF THE NEUTRON STAR X-RAY BINARY 4U 0614+091.” The Astrophysical Journal 710, no. 1 (January 15, 2010): 117–124. © 2010 American Astronomical Society. en_US http://dx.doi.org/10.1088/0004-637x/710/1/117 Astrophysical Journal Article is made available in accordance with the publisher's policy and may be subject to US copyright law. Please refer to the publisher's site for terms of use. application/pdf Institute of Physics/American Astronomical Society American Astronomical Society |
| spellingShingle | Migliari, S. Tomsick, J. A. Miller-Jones, J. C. A. Heinz, Sebastian Hynes, R. I. Fender, R. P. Gallo, Elena Jonker, P. G. Maccarone, T. J. THE COMPLETE SPECTRUM OF THE NEUTRON STAR X-RAY BINARY 4U 0614+091 |
| title | THE COMPLETE SPECTRUM OF THE NEUTRON STAR X-RAY BINARY 4U 0614+091 |
| title_full | THE COMPLETE SPECTRUM OF THE NEUTRON STAR X-RAY BINARY 4U 0614+091 |
| title_fullStr | THE COMPLETE SPECTRUM OF THE NEUTRON STAR X-RAY BINARY 4U 0614+091 |
| title_full_unstemmed | THE COMPLETE SPECTRUM OF THE NEUTRON STAR X-RAY BINARY 4U 0614+091 |
| title_short | THE COMPLETE SPECTRUM OF THE NEUTRON STAR X-RAY BINARY 4U 0614+091 |
| title_sort | complete spectrum of the neutron star x ray binary 4u 0614 091 |
| url | http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/95825 |
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