The Astrophysical Journal (Jan 2024)
Chasing the Break: Tracing the Full Evolution of a Black Hole X-Ray Binary Jet with Multiwavelength Spectral Modeling
- Constanza Echiburú-Trujillo,
- Alexandra J. Tetarenko,
- Daryl Haggard,
- Thomas D. Russell,
- Karri I. I. Koljonen,
- Arash Bahramian,
- Jingyi Wang,
- Michael Bremer,
- Joe Bright,
- Piergiorgio Casella,
- David M. Russell,
- Diego Altamirano,
- M. Cristina Baglio,
- Tomaso Belloni,
- Chiara Ceccobello,
- Stephane Corbel,
- Maria Diaz Trigo,
- Dipankar Maitra,
- Aldrin Gabuya,
- Elena Gallo,
- Sebastian Heinz,
- Jeroen Homan,
- Erin Kara,
- Elmar Körding,
- Fraser Lewis,
- Matteo Lucchini,
- Sera Markoff,
- Simone Migliari,
- James C. A. Miller-Jones,
- Jerome Rodriguez,
- Payaswini Saikia,
- Craig L. Sarazin,
- Tariq Shahbaz,
- Gregory Sivakoff,
- Roberto Soria,
- Vincenzo Testa,
- Bailey E. Tetarenko,
- Valeriu Tudose
Affiliations
- Constanza Echiburú-Trujillo
- ORCiD
- Department of Astrophysical and Planetary Sciences, JILA, Duane Physics Bldg., 2000 Colorado Avenue, University of Colorado , Boulder, CO 80309, USA [email protected]; Department of Physics, McGill University , 3600 rue University, Montreal, Québec H3A 2T8, Canada; Trottier Space Institute , 3550 Rue University, Montréal, Québec H3A 2A7, Canada
- Alexandra J. Tetarenko
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Lethbridge , Lethbridge, Alberta T1K 3M4, Canada; Department of Physics and Astronomy, Texas Tech University , Lubbock, TX 79409-1051, USA; East Asian Observatory, 660 N. A‘ohōkū Place, University Park , Hilo, HI 96720, USA
- Daryl Haggard
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- Department of Physics, McGill University , 3600 rue University, Montreal, Québec H3A 2T8, Canada; Trottier Space Institute , 3550 Rue University, Montréal, Québec H3A 2A7, Canada
- Thomas D. Russell
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- INAF, Istituto di Astrofisica Spaziale e Fisica Cosmica , Via U. La Malfa 153, I-90146 Palermo, Italy
- Karri I. I. Koljonen
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- Institutt for Fysikk, Norwegian University of Science and Technology , Høgskloreringen 5, Trondheim NO-7491, Norway; Finnish Centre for Astronomy with ESO (FINCA), University of Turku , Väisäläntie 20, FI-21500 Piikkiö, Finland; Aalto University , Metsahovi Radio Observatory, P.O. Box 13000, FI-00076 Aalto, Finland
- Arash Bahramian
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- International Centre for Radio Astronomy Research, Curtin University , Bentley, WA 6102, Australia
- Jingyi Wang
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- MIT Kavli Institute for Astrophysics and Space Research , MIT, 70 Vassar Street, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA
- Michael Bremer
- Institut de Radioastronomie Millimétrique , 300 Rue de la Piscine, F-38406 Saint Martin d’Hères, France
- Joe Bright
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- Astrophysics, Department of Physics, University of Oxford , Keble Road, Oxford OX1 3RH, UK
- Piergiorgio Casella
- INAF—Osservatorio Astronomico di Roma , Via Frascati 33, I-00078 Monteporzio Catone, Italy
- David M. Russell
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- Center for Astrophysics and Space Science (CASS), New York University Abu Dhabi , P.O. Box 129188, Abu Dhabi, UAE
- Diego Altamirano
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- School of Physics and Astronomy, University of Southampton , Southampton SO17 1BJ, UK
- M. Cristina Baglio
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- INAF-Osservatorio Astronomico di Brera , Via Bianchi 46, I-23807 Merate (LC), Italy
- Tomaso Belloni
- INAF-Osservatorio Astronomico di Brera , Via Bianchi 46, I-23807 Merate (LC), Italy
- Chiara Ceccobello
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- Department of Space, Earth and Environment, Chalmers University of Technology , Onsala Space Observatory, SE-439 92 Onsala, Sweden
- Stephane Corbel
- Université Paris-Saclay , Université Paris-Cité, CEA, CNRS, AIM, F-91191 Gif-sur-Yvette, France
- Maria Diaz Trigo
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- ESO , Karl-Schwarzschild-Strasse 2, D-85748 Garching bei München, Germany
- Dipankar Maitra
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, Wheaton College , Norton, MA 02766, USA
- Aldrin Gabuya
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- Al Sadeem Observatory , Al Wathba South, Abu Dhabi, UAE; Rizal Technological University , Mandaluyong City, Philippines
- Elena Gallo
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- Department of Astronomy, University of Michigan , 1085 South University Avenue, Ann Arbor, MI 48109, USA
- Sebastian Heinz
- Department of Astronomy, University of Wisconsin Madison , 475 N. Charter Street, Madison, WI 53706, USA
- Jeroen Homan
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- Eureka Scientific, Inc. , 2452 Delmer Street, Oakland, CA 94602, USA
- Erin Kara
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- MIT Kavli Institute for Astrophysics and Space Research , MIT, 70 Vassar Street, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA
- Elmar Körding
- Department of Astrophysics/IMAPP, Radboud University , P.O. Box 9010, 6500 GL Nijmegen, The Netherlands
- Fraser Lewis
- Faulkes Telescope Project, School of Physics and Astronomy, Cardiff University , The Parade, Cardiff CF24 3AA, Wales, UK; Astrophysics Research Institute, Liverpool John Moores University , 146 Brownlow Hill, Liverpool L3 5RF, UK
- Matteo Lucchini
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- MIT Kavli Institute for Astrophysics and Space Research , MIT, 70 Vassar Street, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA; Anton Pannekoek Institute for Astronomy, University of Amsterdam , Science Park 904, Amsterdam NL-1098 XH, The Netherlands; SRON Netherlands Institute for Space Research , Niels Bohrweg 4, 2333CA Leiden, The Netherlands
- Sera Markoff
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- Anton Pannekoek Institute for Astronomy, University of Amsterdam , Science Park 904, Amsterdam NL-1098 XH, The Netherlands; Gravitation Astroparticle Physics Amsterdam (GRAPPA) Institute, University of Amsterdam , Science Park NL-904, Amsterdam 1098 XH, The Netherlands
- Simone Migliari
- Aurora Technology , Calle Principe de Vergara, 211, 1-B, E-28002 Madrid, Spain
- James C. A. Miller-Jones
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- International Centre for Radio Astronomy Research, Curtin University , Bentley, WA 6102, Australia
- Jerome Rodriguez
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- Université Paris-Saclay , Université Paris-Cité, CEA, CNRS, AIM, F-91191 Gif-sur-Yvette, France
- Payaswini Saikia
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- Center for Astrophysics and Space Science (CASS), New York University Abu Dhabi , P.O. Box 129188, Abu Dhabi, UAE
- Craig L. Sarazin
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- Department of Astronomy, University of Virginia , 530 McCormick Road, Charlottesville, VA 22904-4325, USA
- Tariq Shahbaz
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- Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias (IAC) , E-38205 La Laguna, Tenerife, Spain; Departamento de Astrofísica, Universidad de La Laguna (ULL) , E-38206 La Laguna, Tenerife, Spain
- Gregory Sivakoff
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- Department of Physics, University of Alberta , CCIS 4-181, Edmonton AB T6G 2E1, Canada
- Roberto Soria
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- INAF, Osservatorio Astrofisico di Torino , Strada Osservatorio 20, I-10025 Pino Torinese, Italy; College of Astronomy and Space Sciences, University of the Chinese Academy of Sciences , Beijing 100049, People's Republic of China; Sydney Institute for Astronomy, School of Physics A28, The University of Sydney , Sydney, NSW 2006, Australia
- Vincenzo Testa
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- INAF—Osservatorio Astronomico di Roma , Via Frascati 33, I-00078 Monteporzio Catone, Italy
- Bailey E. Tetarenko
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- Department of Physics, McGill University , 3600 rue University, Montreal, Québec H3A 2T8, Canada; Trottier Space Institute , 3550 Rue University, Montréal, Québec H3A 2A7, Canada
- Valeriu Tudose
- Institute for Space Sciences , Atomistilor 409, P.O. Box MG-23, 077125 Bucharest-Magurele, Romania
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.3847/1538-4357/ad1a10
- Journal volume & issue
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Vol. 962,
no. 2
p. 116
Abstract
Black hole (BH) X-ray binaries (XRBs) are ideal targets to study the connection between accretion inflow and jet outflow. Here we present quasi-simultaneous, multiwavelength observations of the Galactic BH system MAXI J1820+070, throughout its 2018–2019 outburst. Our data set includes coverage from the radio through X-ray bands from 17 different instruments/telescopes, and encompasses 19 epochs over a 7 month period, resulting in one of the most well-sampled multiwavelength data sets of a BH XRB outburst to date. With our data, we compile and model the broadband spectra of this source using a phenomenological model that includes emission from the jet, a companion star, and an accretion flow. This modeling allows us to track the evolution of the spectral break in the jet spectrum, a key observable that samples the jet launching region. We find that the spectral break location changes over at least ≈3 orders of magnitude in electromagnetic frequency over this period. Using these spectral break measurements, we link the full cycle of jet behavior, including the rising, quenching, and reignition, to the changing accretion flow properties as the source evolves through its different accretion states. Our analysis shows consistent jet behavior with other sources in similar phases of their outbursts, reinforcing the idea that jet quenching and recovery may be a global feature of BH XRB systems in outburst. Our results also provide valuable evidence supporting a close connection between the geometry of the inner accretion flow and the base of the jet.
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