Radio and X-Ray Variability of the Galactic Superluminal Source GRS 1915+105

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Aug 1996

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Astrophysical Journal Letters v.467, p.L81

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astronomy

78

Accretion, Accretion Disks, Radio Continuum: Stars, X-Rays: Stars

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We report results of radio and hard X-ray monitoring observations of the Galactic superluminal X-ray source GRS 1915+105 carried out with the Green Bank Interferometer and the Burst and Transient Source Experiment during the period 1994 September through 1996 March. Both the radio and the hard X-ray light curves show a complex transient behavior. The radio emission monitored at 2.25 and 8.3 GHz is correlated with episodes of enhanced hard X-ray emission. A phenomenological classification of the radio emission indicates two distinct emission modes: plateau and flaring. Plateau radio emission is in general optically thick, with a flat-topped light curve showing a rapid onset and decrease of the flux density. The radio flaring state shows large radio flares that can increase in flux density by 2 orders of magnitude in less than 18 hr, followed by an optically thin exponential decay. These observed large radio flares are consistent with external propagation of plasmoids emitting synchrotron radiation. We comment on the significance of these results, and suggest a scenario for modeling the multiwavelength behavior of GRS 1915+105.

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