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    Broad-band monitoring tracing the evolution of the jet and disc in the black hole candidate X-ray binary MAXI J1659-152

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    Authors
    van der Horst, A.
    Curran, Peter
    Miller-Jones, James
    Linford, J.
    Gorosabel, J.
    Russell, D.
    de Ugarte Postigo, A.
    Lundgren, A.
    Taylor, G.
    Maitra, D.
    Guziy, S.
    Belloni, T.
    Kouveliotou, C.
    Jonker, P.
    Kamble, A.
    Paragi, Z.
    Homan, J.
    Kuulkers, E.
    Granot, J.
    Altamirano, D.
    Buxton, M.
    Castro-Tirado, A.
    Fender, R.
    Garrett, M.
    Gehrels, N.
    Hartmann, D.
    Kennea, J.
    Krimm, H.
    Mangano, V.
    Ramirez-Ruiz, E.
    Romano, P.
    Wijers, R.
    Wijnands, R.
    Yang, Y.
    Date
    2013
    Type
    Journal Article
    
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    van der Horst, A. and Curran, P. and Miller-Jones, J. and Linford, J. and Gorosabel, J. and Russell, D. and de Ugarte Postigo, A. et al. 2013. Broad-band monitoring tracing the evolution of the jet and disc in the black hole candidate X-ray binary MAXI J1659-152. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. 436: pp. 2625-2638.
    Source Title
    Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
    DOI
    10.1093/mnras/stt1767
    ISSN
    0035-8711
    School
    Department of Physics and Astronomy
    Remarks

    Copyright © 2013 The Authors. Published by Oxford University Press on behalf of the Royal Astronomical Society.

    URI
    http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/22420
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    • Curtin Research Publications
    Abstract

    MAXI J1659-152 was discovered on 2010 September 25 as a new X-ray transient, initially identified as a gamma-ray burst, but was later shown to be a new X-ray binary with a black hole as the most likely compact object. Dips in the X-ray light curves have revealed that MAXI J1659-152 is the shortest period black hole candidate identified to date. Here we present the results of a large observing campaign at radio, submillimetre, near-infrared (nIR), optical and ultraviolet (UV) wavelengths. We have combined this very rich data set with the available X-ray observations to compile a broad-band picture of the evolution of this outburst. We have performed broad-band spectral modelling, demonstrating the presence of a spectral break at radio frequencies and a relationship between the radio spectrum and X-ray states. Also, we have determined physical parameters of the accretion disc and put them into context with respect to the other parameters of the binary system. Finally, we have investigated the radio–X-ray and nIR/optical/UV–X-ray correlations up to ~3?yr after the outburst onset to examine the link between the jet and the accretion disc, and found that there is no significant jet contribution to the nIR emission when the source is in the soft or intermediate X-ray spectral state, consistent with our detection of the jet break at radio frequencies during these states.

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