Computer Science
Scientific paper
Jul 2007
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HST Proposal ID #11139. Cycle 16
Computer Science
Scientific paper
The galactic black hole candidate GRS 1758-258 is normally one of the brightest persistent gamma-ray sources in the vicinity of the galactic center. It is a microquasar with relativistic radio jets emanating from a central variable source. Microquasars are excellent nearby test laboratories for studying the complex accretion and outflow processes that take place near black hole horizons. Despite an accurate location provided by Chandra and the VLA and over a decade of careful ground-based studies, the optical/infrared counterpart to GRS 1758-258 remains unknown. A stellar counterpart is expected, but the current candidates are all more than 2 sigma from the center of the error circle. The ground-based infrared flux limits are also right at the values expected for the synchrotron emission from the outflow from the black hole, and possibly for the emission from the accretion disk. This leaves open the question as to what is powering this very energetic persistent source. Here we propose to use NICMOS to perform broad-band imaging of the GRS 1758-258 error box. These images will be more than three magnitudes more sensitive than the current ground-based ones. The resulting spectra will reveal the thermal/non-thermal nature of the sources in the region of the error box, and the high spatial resolution images may reveal a jet structure. We propose to perform three visits of two orbits each spanning the suggested 18.45 day binary orbital period of the system: a correct counterpart identification should be confirmed by its variability. We will also aim to support the HST observations with X- and gamma-ray observations using Swift or INTEGRAL, and with longer wavelength observations from the ground.;
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