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The physical mechanism for triggering the changing-look phenomenon in active galactic nuclei (AGNs) is still unclear. We explore this issue based on the multi-wavelength spectral and flux variations for a changing-look AGN Mrk~1018 with…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2021-07-14 Bing Lyu , Zhen Yan , Wenfei Yu , Qingwen Wu

The three X-ray states of active accretion in black-hole binaries have been re-defined to focus attention on different physical elements that may contribute radiation: the accretion disk, a jet, and a compact and radio-quiet corona.…

Astrophysics · Physics 2007-05-23 R. A. Remillard

The two galactic `microquasars' with superluminal radio jets have been quite active during 1996, generatinga variety of studies involving both NASA and ground-based observatories. GRS~1915+105 has displayed dramatic accretion instability in…

We present Atacama Large Millimetre/Sub-Millimetre Array (ALMA) observations of IRAS 19132+1035, a candidate jet-ISM interaction zone near the black hole X-ray binary (BHXB) GRS 1915+105. With these ALMA observations (combining data from…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2018-01-31 A. J. Tetarenko , P. Freeman , E. W. Rosolowsky , J. C. A Miller-Jones , G. R. Sivakoff

It is commonly assumed that the properties and geometry of the accretion flow in transient low-mass X-ray binaries (LMXBs) significantly change when the X-ray luminosity decays below $\sim 10^{-2}$ of the Eddington limit ($L_{\rm Edd}$).…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2020-02-19 J. van den Eijnden , N. Degenaar , R. M. Ludlam , A. S. Parikh , J. M. Miller , R. Wijnands , K. C. Gendreau , Z. Arzoumanian , D. Chakrabarty , P. Bult

We present optical monitoring of the neutron star low-mass X-ray binary Swift J1858.6-0814 during its 2018-2020 outburst and subsequent quiescence. We find that there was strong optical variability present throughout the entire outburst…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2024-12-13 L. Rhodes , D. M. Russell , P. Saikia , K. Alabarta , J. van den Eijnden , A. H. Knight , M. C. Baglio , F. Lewis

We present HST, RXTE, and UKIRT observations of the broad band spectra of the black hole X-ray transient XTE J1859+226 during the decline from its 1999-2000 outburst. Our UV spectra define the 2175A interstellar absorption feature very well…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-07 R. I. Hynes , C. A. Haswell , S. Chaty , C. R. Shrader , W. Cui

We report on a detailed optical spectroscopic follow-up of the black hole transient MAXI J1820+070 (ASASSN-18ey). The observations cover the main part of the X-ray binary outburst, when the source alternated between hard and soft states…

The X-ray persistence and characteristically soft spectrum of the black hole X-ray binary LMC X-3 make this source a touchstone for penetrating studies of accretion physics. We analyze a rich, 10-year collection of optical/infrared (OIR)…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2015-06-18 James F. Steiner , Jeffrey E. McClintock , Jerome A. Orosz , Michelle M. Buxton , Charles D. Bailyn , Ronald A. Remillard , Erin Kara

AX J1845.0-0433 is a transient high-mass X-ray binary discovered by ASCA. The source displays bright and short flares observed recently with INTEGRAL. The transient behaviour and the bright and short flares are studied in order to…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-13 J. A. Zurita Heras , R. Walter

We report results from the X-ray and optical monitoring of the black hole candidate MAXI J1820+070 (=ASSASN-18ey) over the entire period of its outburst from March to October 2018.In this outburst, the source exhibited two sets of `fast…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2019-04-17 Megumi Shidatsu , Satoshi Nakahira , Katsuhiro L. Murata , Ryo Adachi , Nobuyuki Kawai , Yoshihiro Ueda , Hitoshi Negoro

GRS 1915+105 has the largest mass function of any Galactic black hole system, although the error is relatively large. Here we present spectroscopic analysis of medium-resolution IR VLT archival data of GRS 1915+105 in the K-band. We find an…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-12 D. J. Hurley , P. J. Callanan , P. Elebert , M. T. Reynolds

Since the launch of INTEGRAL in late 2002 we have monitored the Galactic microquasar GRS 1915+105 with long exposures (~100 ks) pointings. All the observations have been conducted simultaneously with other instruments, in particular RXTE…

Astrophysics · Physics 2007-05-23 J. Rodriguez , G. Pooley , D. C. Hannikainen , H. J. Lehto

We consider a new mechanism for the removal of the angular momentum from an X-ray binary system and the change in its orbital period - the mass loss in the form of a wind from an accretion disc. Both observations and models predict powerful…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2021-11-03 A. L. Avakyan , G. V. Lipunova , K. L. Malanchev , N. I. Shakura

We present a thorough study of the Changing-Look Active Galactic Nucleus (CL-AGN) Mrk 1018, utilizing an extensive dataset spanning optical, UV, and X-ray spectro-photometric data from 2005 to 2019. We analysed X-ray spectra and broad-band…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2023-12-14 S. Veronese , C. Vignali , P. Severgnini , G. A. Matzeu , M. Cignoni

We report on the X-ray spectral behavior within the steady states of GRS 1915+105. Our work is based on the full data set on the source obtained using the Proportional Counter Array on the Rossi X-ray Timing Explorer and 15 GHz radio data…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2016-05-25 Charith S. Peris , Ronald A. Remillard , James F. Steiner , Saeqa D. Vrtilek , Peggy Varniere , Jerome Rodriguez , Guy Pooley

We report simultaneous X-ray and infrared (IR) observations of the Galactic microquasar GRS1915+105 using XTE and the Palomar 200-inch telescope on August 13-15, 1997 UTC. During the last two nights, the microquasar GRS 1915+105 exhibited…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-10-30 S. S. Eikenberry , K. Matthews , E. H. Morgan , R. A. Remillard , R. W. Nelson

We report the discovery of large amplitude X-ray variability in the low luminosity AGN (LLAGN) MGC 7589, and present possible observational evidence for accretion mode transition in this source. Long-term X-ray flux variations by a factor…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2020-01-08 Zhu Liu , He-Yang Liu , Huaqing Cheng , Erlin Qiao , Weimin Yuan

In this article, models are constructed of the compact jet in GRS 1915+105 during an epoch of optimal data capture. On April 02, 2003, the object was observed in the hard X-ray/soft gamma ray band (INTEGRAL), hard X-ray band (RXTE), near IR…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2015-05-30 Brian Punsly

GRB 170817A, detected by Fermi-GBM 1.7\,s after the merger of a neutron star (NS) binary, provides the first direct evidence for a link between such a merger and a short-duration gamma-ray burst. The X-ray observations after GRB 170817A…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2019-04-10 Yi-Qing Lin , Zi-Gao Dai , Wei-Min Gu