Relative timing of changes in spectrum, luminosity, and fast variability in persistently luminous black-hole candidates

Details Relative timing of changes in spectrum, luminosity, and fast variability in persistently luminous black-hole candidates Relative timing of changes in spectrum, luminosity, and fast variability in persistently luminous black-hole candidates

Jul 2004

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X-RAY TIMING 2003: Rossie and Beyond. AIP Conference Proceedings, Volume 714, pp. 105-108 (2004).

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Black Holes, X-Ray, X- And Gamma-Ray Telescopes And Instrumentation, Spaceborne And Space Research Instruments, Apparatus, And Components

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Long-term monitoring of 1E 1740.7-2942 and GRS 1758-258 has revealed behavior very different from the ``prototype'' black-hole candidate Cyg X-1. In these two sources, as we have previously reported, the softest spectra are seen while the luminosity is dropping, rather than when it is highest, as in Cyg X-1. The difference may be related to the accretion geometry (wind-fed vs. disk-fed) via the long viscous time scale for the propagation of changes through a large accretion disk.
We now add an additional piece of information to the analysis: the total rms fast variability in each observation. We find that this parameter correlates better with the spectral index than either the luminosity or its derivative. The correlation has no observable lag and is particularly striking in GRS 1758-258.

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