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We report multifrequency radio observations of GRO J1655-40 obtained with the Australia Telescope Compact Array, the Molonglo Observatory Synthesis Telescope and the Hartebeesthoek Radio Astronomy Observatory at the time of the major hard…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-10-31 D. C. Hannikainen , R. W. Hunstead , D. Campbell-Wilson , K. Wu , D. J. McKay , D. P. Smits

We report detection of strong circularly polarized emission from the transient bursting source GCRT J1745-3009 based on new analysis of 325 MHz GMRT observations conducted on 28 September 2003. We place 8 Solar radius as the upper limit on…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2015-05-18 Subhashis Roy , Scott D. Hyman , Sabyasachi Pal , T. Joseph W. Lazio , Paul S. Ray , Namir E. Kassim

The Bursting Pulsar, GRO J1744-28, has been observed with the Rossi X-ray Timing Explorer (RXTE) regularly since the launch of the satellite in December 1995. This accretion driven pulsar has undergone two outbursts which have been…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-10-30 Michael J. Stark , A. M. Ahearn , L. J. Duva , K. Jahoda

In Torne et al. (2015), we showed detections of SGR J1745-2900 up to 225 GHz (1.33 mm); at that time the highest radio frequency detection of pulsar emission. In this work, we present the results of new observations of the same magnetar…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2016-12-14 P. Torne , G. Desvignes , R. P. Eatough , R. Karuppusamy , G. Paubert , M. Kramer , I. Cognard , D. J. Champion , L. G. Spitler

We report the discovery of circularly polarised radio emission from the radio-jet X-ray binary SS 433 with the Australia Telescope Compact Array. The flux density spectrum of the circular polarization, clearly detected at four frequencies…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-10-31 Robert Fender , David Rayner , Ray Norris , R. J. Sault , Guy Pooley

The origin of the high-frequency radio emission detected from several magnetars is poorly understood. In this paper, we report the ~40 GHz properties of SGR J1745-29 as measured using Jansky Very Large Array (JVLA) and Robert C. Byrd Green…

We present the results of the new optical polarimetric observations of the superluminal source GRO J1655--40, carried out in July 1997, with the multichannel photopolarimeter of the Torino Observatory, using the 2.15-m telescope of Complejo…

Astrophysics · Physics 2007-05-23 M. Gliozzi , G. Bodo , G. Ghisellini , F. Scaltriti , E. Trussoni

We report on the results of a detailed spectral analysis of 389 RXTE observations of the Galactic microquasar GRO J1655-40, performed during its 2005 outburst. The maximum luminosity reached during this outburst was 1.4 times higher than in…

We report on the discovery of polarized X-ray emission from an accreting millisecond pulsar. During a 10-day-long coverage of the February 2024 outburst of SRGA J144459.2-604207, the Imaging X-ray Polarimetry Explorer (IXPE) detected an…

I report the detection of circular polarisation, associated with relativistic ejections, from the `microquasar' GRS 1915+105. I further compare detections and limits of circular polarisation and circular-to-linear polarisation ratios in…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-07 Rob Fender

In this paper, we explore the behavior of optical polarization during the multi-wavelength outburst of the blazar Mrk 421 detected in February 2010. We use optical polarization measurements in the wavelength range 500-700 nm from SPOL…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2019-05-29 K K Singh , P J Meintjes , B van Soelen , F A Ramamonjisoa , B Vaidya

At radio frequencies, the current evidence for the microquasar-quasar connection is based on imaging observations showing that relativistic outflows/jets are found in both classes of objects. Some microquasars also display superluminal…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-07 J. A. Stevens , D. C. Hannikainen , Kinwah Wu , R. W. Hunstead , D. J. McKay

We present the analysis of the high energy emission of the Galactic black hole GRO J1655-40 at the beginning of its 2005 outburst. The data from 458 ks of INTEGRAL observations, spread over 4 weeks, are analyzed, along with the existing…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-13 A. Joinet , E. Kalemci , F. Senziani

GRO J2058+42, a transient 198 second x-ray pulsar, was discovered by the Burst and Transient Source Experiment (BATSE) on the Compton Gamma-Ray Observatory (CGRO), during a "giant" outburst in 1995 September-October. The total flux peaked…

We report on UBVRI polarimetry of the recently identified Intermediate Polar 1WGA J1958.2+3232, carried out on 2000 August, 4-6 at the Nordic Optical Telescope. Circular polarization was detected in R and I bands with an increasing absolute…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-06 M. Uslenghi , L. Tommasi , A. Treves , V. Piirola , P. Reig

Context: Observations of polarized emission are a significant source of information on the magnetic field that pervades the Interstellar Medium of the Galaxy. Despite the acknowledged importance of the magnetic field in interstellar…

The 6.7 GHz methanol maser in a high-mass star-forming region G33.641$-$0.228 is known to exhibit burst-like flux variability due to an unknown mechanism. To investigate the burst mechanism, we conducted high-cadence flux and circular…

Sgr A* is variable at radio and submillimeter wavelengths on hourly time scales showing time delays between the peaks of flare emission as well as linearly polarized emission at millimeter and sub-mm wavelengths. To determine the…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-13 F. Yusef-Zadeh , M. Wardle , W. D. Cotton , C. O. Heinke , D. A. Roberts

The study of impulsive astrophysical radio emission makes it possible to probe the intervening plasma between the emission source and the Earth. In cold electron-ion plasmas, the circular propagating wave modes primarily alter the linear…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2023-08-17 Pravir Kumar , Ryan M. Shannon , Marcus E. Lower , Adam T. Deller , J. Xavier Prochaska

We present radio continuum light curves of the magnetar SGR J1745$-$2900 and Sgr A* obtained with multi-frequency, multi-epoch Very Large Array observations between 2012 and 2014. During this period, a powerful X-ray outburst from SGR…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2015-10-07 F. Yusef-Zadeh , R. Diesing , M. Wardle , L. O. Sjouwerman , M. Royster , W. D. Cotton , D. Roberts , C. Heinke
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