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    Multiwavength Observations of the Black Hole X-Ray Binary A0620-00 in Quiescence

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    Authors
    Dinçer, T.
    Bailyn, C.
    Miller-Jones, James
    Buxton, M.
    Macdonald, R.
    Date
    2018
    Type
    Journal Article
    
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    Dinçer, T. and Bailyn, C. and Miller-Jones, J. and Buxton, M. and Macdonald, R. 2018. Multiwavength Observations of the Black Hole X-Ray Binary A0620-00 in Quiescence. Astrophysical Journal. 852 (1): Article ID 4.
    Source Title
    Astrophysical Journal
    DOI
    10.3847/1538-4357/aa9a46
    ISSN
    0004-637X
    School
    Curtin Institute of Radio Astronomy (Physics)
    Funding and Sponsorship
    http://purl.org/au-research/grants/arc/FT140101082
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    Copyright © 2017 The American Astronomical Society. All rights reserved.

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    http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/61220
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    • Curtin Research Publications
    Abstract

    We present results from simultaneous multiwavelength X-ray, radio, and optical/near-infrared observations of the quiescent black hole X-ray binary A0620-00 performed in 2013 December. We find that the Chandra flux has brightened by a factor of 2 since 2005, and by a factor of 7 since 2000. The spectrum has not changed significantly over this time, being consistent with a power law G = 2.07 ± 0.13 of and a hydrogen column of N H (3.0 ± 0.5) × 10 21 cm -2 . Very Large Array observations of A0620-00 at three frequencies, over the interval of 5.25-22.0 GHz, have provided us with the first broadband radio spectrum of a quiescent stellar mass black hole system at X-ray luminosities as low as 10 -8 times the Eddington luminosity. Compared to previous observations, the source has moved to lower radio and higher X-ray luminosity, shifting it perpendicular to the standard track of the radio/X-ray correlation for X-ray binaries. The radio spectrum is inverted with a spectral index a = 0.74 ± 0.19 (S v ? v a ). This suggests that the peak of the spectral energy distribution is likely to be between 10 12 and 10 14 Hz, and that the near-IR and optical flux contain significant contributions from the star, the accretion flow, and from the outflow. Decomposing these components may be difficult, but holds the promise of revealing the interplay between accretion and jet in low luminosity systems.

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