Correlated fast X-ray and optical variability in the black-hole candidate XTE J1118+480.

Abstract:

:Black holes become visible when they accrete gas, a common source of which is a close stellar companion. The standard theory for this process (invoking a 'thin accretion disk') does not explain some spectacular phenomena associated with these systems, such as their X-ray variability and relativistic outflows, indicating some lack of understanding of the actual physical conditions. Simultaneous observations at multiple wavelengths can provide strong constraints on these conditions. Here we report simultaneous high-time-resolution X-ray and optical observations of the transient source XTE J1118+480, which show a strong but puzzling correlation between the emissions. The optical emission rises suddenly following an increase in the X-ray output, but with a dip 2-5 seconds in advance of the X-rays. This result is not easy to understand within the simplest model of the optical emission, where the light comes from reprocessed X-rays. It is probably more consistent with an earlier suggestion that the optical light is cyclosynchrotron emission that originates in a region about 20,000 km from the black hole. We propose that the time dependence is evidence for a relatively slow (<0.1c), magnetically controlled outflow.

journal_name

Nature

journal_title

Nature

authors

Kanbach G,Straubmeier C,Spruit HC,Belloni T

doi

10.1038/35102515

keywords:

subject

Has Abstract

pub_date

2001-11-08 00:00:00

pages

180-2

issue

6860

eissn

0028-0836

issn

1476-4687

pii

35102515

journal_volume

414

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