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dc.contributor.authorRodriguez, J.
dc.contributor.authorCadolle Bel, M.
dc.contributor.authorAlfonso-Garzón, J.
dc.contributor.authorSiegert, T.
dc.contributor.authorZhang, X.
dc.contributor.authorGrinberg, V.
dc.contributor.authorSavchenko, V.
dc.contributor.authorTomsick, J.
dc.contributor.authorChenevez, J.
dc.contributor.authorClavel, M.
dc.contributor.authorCorbel, S.
dc.contributor.authorDiehl, R.
dc.contributor.authorDomingo, A.
dc.contributor.authorGouiffès, C.
dc.contributor.authorGreiner, J.
dc.contributor.authorKrause, M.
dc.contributor.authorLaurent, P.
dc.contributor.authorLoh, A.
dc.contributor.authorMarkoff, S.
dc.contributor.authorMas-Hesse, J.
dc.contributor.authorMiller-Jones, James
dc.contributor.authorRussell, D.
dc.contributor.authorWilms, J.
dc.date.accessioned2017-01-30T13:36:44Z
dc.date.available2017-01-30T13:36:44Z
dc.date.created2016-06-30T19:30:14Z
dc.date.issued2015
dc.identifier.citationRodriguez, J. and Cadolle Bel, M. and Alfonso-Garzón, J. and Siegert, T. and Zhang, X. and Grinberg, V. and Savchenko, V. et al. 2015. Correlated optical, X-ray, and γ-ray flaring activity seen with INTEGRAL during the 2015 outburst of V404 Cygni. Astronomy and Astrophysics. 581: Article No 9.
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/33365
dc.identifier.doi10.1051/0004-6361/201527043
dc.description.abstract

After 25 years of quiescence, the microquasar V404 Cyg entered a new period of activity in June 2015. This X-ray source is known to undergo extremely bright and variable outbursts seen at all wavelengths. It is therefore an object of prime interest to understand the accretion-ejection connections. These can, however, only be probed through simultaneous observations at several wavelengths. We made use of the INTEGRAL instruments to obtain long, almost uninterrupted observations from 2015 June 20, 15:50 UTC to June 25, 4:05 UTC, from the optical V band up to the soft γ-rays. V404 Cyg was extremely variable in all bands, with the detection of 18 flares with fluxes exceeding 6 Crab (20–40 keV) within three days. The flare recurrence can be as short as ~20 min from peak to peak. A model-independent analysis shows that the >6 Crab flares have a hard spectrum. A simple 10–400 keV spectral analysis of the off-flare and flare periods shows that the variation in intensity is likely to be only due to variations of a cut-off power-law component. The optical flares seem to be at least of two different types: one occurring in simultaneity with the X-ray flares, the other showing a delay greater than 10 min. The former could be associated with X-ray reprocessing by either an accretion disk or the companion star. We suggest that the latter are associated with plasma ejections that have also been seen in radio.

dc.publisherEDP Sciences
dc.titleCorrelated optical, X-ray, and γ-ray flaring activity seen with INTEGRAL during the 2015 outburst of V404 Cygni
dc.typeJournal Article
dcterms.source.volume581
dcterms.source.startPage1
dcterms.source.endPage5
dcterms.source.issn0004-6361
dcterms.source.titleAstronomy and Astrophysics
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Reproduced with permission from Astronomy & Astrophysics, © ESO

curtin.departmentDepartment of Physics and Astronomy
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