A transient radio jet in an erupting dwarf nova

Details A transient radio jet in an erupting dwarf nova A transient radio jet in an erupting dwarf nova

2008-06-05

arxiv.org/abs/0806.1002v2

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astrophysics

Published in Science on 6 June 2008, corrected typos

Scientific paper

10.1126/science.1155492

Astrophysical jets seem to occur in nearly all types of accreting objects: from supermassive black holes to young stellar objects. Based on X-ray binaries, a unified scenario describing the disc/jet coupling has evolved and extended to many accreting objects. The only major exceptions are thought to be cataclysmic variables: Dwarf novae, weakly accreting white dwarfs, show similar outburst behaviour as X-ray binaries but no jet has yet been detected. Here we present radio observations of a dwarf nova in outburst showing variable flat-spectrum radio emission that is best explained as synchrotron emission originating in a transient jet. Both the inferred jet power and the relation to the outburst cycle are analogous to those seen in X-ray binaries, suggesting that the disc/jet coupling mechanism is ubiquitous.

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