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Multiwavelength (Radio, X-Ray, and γ-Ray) observations of the γ-ray binary LS I +61 303
- Source :
- Dipòsit Digital de la UB, Universidad de Barcelona
- Publication Year :
- 2008
- Publisher :
- Institute of Physics (IOP), 2008.
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Abstract
- We present the results of the first multiwavelength observing campaign on the high-mass X-ray binary LS I +61 303, comprising observations at the TeV regime with the MAGIC telescope, along with X-ray observations with Chandra, and radio interferometric observations with the MERLIN, EVN, and VLBA arrays, in 2006 October and November. From our MERLIN observations, we can exclude the existence of large-scale (~100 mas) persistent radio jets. Our 5.0 GHz VLBA observations display morphological similarities to previous 8.4 GHz VLBA observations carried out at the same orbital phase, suggesting a high level of periodicity and stability in the processes behind the radio emission. This makes it unlikely that variability of the radio emission is due to the interaction of an outflow with variable wind clumps. If the radio emission is produced by a milliarcsecond scale jet, it should also show a stable, periodic behavior. It is then difficult to reconcile the absence of a large-scale jet (~100 mas) in our observations with the evidence of a persistent relativistic jet reported previously. We find a possible hint of temporal correlation between the X-ray and TeV emissions and evidence for radio/TeV noncorrelation, which points to the existence of one population of particles producing the radio emission and a different one producing the X-ray and TeV emissions. Finally, we present a quasi-simultaneous energy spectrum including radio, X-ray, and TeV bands.
- Subjects :
- Astrophysics::High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena
Population
Phase (waves)
Binary number
Astrophysics
Astrophysics::Cosmology and Extragalactic Astrophysics
01 natural sciences
Raigs gamma
Observacions astronòmiques
0103 physical sciences
education
010303 astronomy & astrophysics
MERLIN
Astrophysics::Galaxy Astrophysics
Physics
Jet (fluid)
education.field_of_study
010308 nuclear & particles physics
Gamma rays
Gamma ray
Astronomy
Astronomy and Astrophysics
Interferometry
13. Climate action
Space and Planetary Science
Outflow
Astronomical observations
Subjects
Details
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- Dipòsit Digital de la UB, Universidad de Barcelona
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....b6c2f0c82e47a591e3d8c4f16f686f56