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AFRICAN RESEARCH NEXUS
SHINING A SPOTLIGHT ON AFRICAN RESEARCH
earth and planetary sciences
The optical counterpart of the bright x-ray transient swift j1745-26
Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, Volume 432, No. 2, Year 2013
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Description
We present a 30-day monitoring campaign of the optical counterpart of the bright X-ray transient Swift J1745-26, starting only 19min after the discovery of the source.We observe the system peaking at i~17.6 on day six (MJD 561 92) to then decay at a rate of ~0.04 mag d-1. We show that the optical peak occurs at least 3 d later than the hard X-ray (15-50 keV) flux peak. Our measurements result in an outburst amplitude greater than 4.3 mag, which favours an orbital period ≲21 h and a companion star with a spectral type later than ~A0. Spectroscopic observations taken with the Gran Telescopio de Canarias 10.4 m telescope reveal a broad (full width at half-maximum ~1100 km s-1), double-peaked Ha emission line from which we constrain the radial velocity semi-amplitude of the donor to be K2 > 250 km s-1. The breadth of the line and the observed optical and X-ray fluxes suggest that Swift J1745-26 is a new black hole candidate located closer than ~7 kpc. © 2013 The Authors Published by Oxford University Press on behalf of the Royal Astronomical Society.
Authors & Co-Authors
Muñoz-Darías, Teodoro
United Kingdom, Southampton
University of Southampton
de Ugarte Postigo, Antonio
Spain, Granada
Instituto de Astrofísica de Andalucía - Csic
Denmark, Copenhagen
Niels Bohr Institutet
Russell, David M.
Spain, San Cristobal de la Laguna
Instituto Astrofisico de Canarias
Spain, San Cristobal de la Laguna
Universidad de la Laguna
Guziy, Sergei S.
Spain, Granada
Instituto de Astrofísica de Andalucía - Csic
Ukraine, Mykolaiv
V.o. Sukhomlynskyi National University of Mykolaiv
Gorosabel, Javier
Spain, Granada
Instituto de Astrofísica de Andalucía - Csic
Spain, Madrid
Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas
Spain, Bilbao
Ikerbasque, Basque Foundation for Science
Casares, J.
Spain, San Cristobal de la Laguna
Instituto Astrofisico de Canarias
Spain, San Cristobal de la Laguna
Universidad de la Laguna
Armas-Padilla, Montserrat
Netherlands, Amsterdam
Anton Pannekoek Instituut Voor Sterrenkunde
Charles, Philip A.
United Kingdom, Southampton
University of Southampton
South Africa, Cape Town
University of Cape Town
Fender, Robert P.
United Kingdom, Southampton
University of Southampton
Belloni, Tomaso M.
Italy, Merate
Osservatorio Astronomico Di Brera
Lewis, Fraser W.
United Kingdom, Pontypridd
University of South Wales
Motta, Sara Elisa
Spain, Madrid
European Space Astronomy Centre
Castro-Tirado, A. J.
Spain, Granada
Instituto de Astrofísica de Andalucía - Csic
Mundell, Carole G.
United Kingdom, Liverpool
Liverpool John Moores University
Sánchez-Ramírez, Rubén
Spain, Granada
Instituto de Astrofísica de Andalucía - Csic
Thöne, Christina C.
Spain, Granada
Instituto de Astrofísica de Andalucía - Csic
Statistics
Citations: 16
Authors: 16
Affiliations: 14
Identifiers
Doi:
10.1093/mnras/stt532
ISSN:
00358711
e-ISSN:
13652966
Research Areas
Environmental