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Multiwavelength (Radio, X-Ray, and γ-Ray) observations of the γ-ray binary LS I +61 303

Authors :
Marcos López Moya
Saverio Lombardi
Marc Ribó
Dorota Sobczynska
Antonio Stamerra
Manel Martínez Rodríguez
Roberta ZANIN
Emma De Ona Wilhelmi
Lluís Font
Raquel De los Reyes Lopez
Adam Nepomuk Otte
Wlodek Bednarek
Pol Bordas
Pedro Antoranz
Thomas Bretz
Martin Guerrero
Jose Miguel Miranda
Barbara De Lotto
Wolfgang Rhode
Neus Puchades
Michele Doro
Javier Rico
Daniel Mazin
Jelena Ninkovic
Francesco Dazzi
Massimo Persic
Denis Bastieri
Felix Spanier
Ching-Cheng Hsu
Elvira Leonardo
Alberto Dominguez
Alessandro De Angelis
María Victoria Fonseca Gonzalez
Michael Backes
Miguel Sanchez-Conde
Josep M. Paredes
Juan Cortina
Diego F. Torres
Juan Barrio
Giacomo Bonnoli
Daniel Nieto
Carlos Delgado
Jose Luis Contreras González
Markus Gaug
Nicola Turini
M. Teresa Costado
Ciro Bigongiari
Thomas Muxlow
Manel Errando
Petar Temnikov
Valenti Bosch-Ramon
Elisa Prandini
Julia Tjus
Igor Oya
Abelardo Moralejo Olaizola
Riccardo Paoletti
Source :
Dipòsit Digital de la UB, Universidad de Barcelona
Publication Year :
2008
Publisher :
Institute of Physics (IOP), 2008.

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.

Details

Database :
OpenAIRE
Journal :
Dipòsit Digital de la UB, Universidad de Barcelona
Accession number :
edsair.doi.dedup.....b6c2f0c82e47a591e3d8c4f16f686f56