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Relativistic motion in a nearby bright X-ray source
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Tingay, SJ and Jauncey, DL and Preston, RA and Reynolds, JE and Meier, DL and Murphy, DW and Tzioumis, AK and McKay, DJ and Kesteven, MJ and Lovell, JEJ and Campbell-Wilson, D and Ellingsen, SP and Gough, R and Hunstead, RW and Jones, DL and McCulloch, PM and Migenes, V and Quick, J and Sinclair, MW and Smits, D, Relativistic motion in a nearby bright X-ray source, Nature, 374, (6518) pp. 141-143. ISSN 0028-0836 (1995) [Refereed Article]
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Copyright 1994 Nature Publishing Group
DOI: doi:10.1038/374141a0
Abstract
The recent discovery of radio components apparently moving away from a Galactic source of transient X-ray emission faster than the speed of light (superluminal motion) has identified a low-energy Galactic counterpart to quasars. Here we report high-resolution radio observations of a second Galactic superluminal radio source GRO J1655-40, which was detected as an X-ray transient on 27 July 1994. Our radio images reveal two components moving away from each other at an angular speed of 65 ± 5 mas d-1, corresponding to superluminal motion at the estimated distance of 3–5 kpc. The 12-day delay between the X-ray and radio outbursts suggests that the ejection of material at relativistic speeds occurs during a stable phase of accretion onto a black hole, which follows an unstable phase with a high accretion rate.
Item Details
| Item Type: | Refereed Article |
|---|---|
| Research Division: | Physical Sciences |
| Research Group: | Astronomical sciences |
| Research Field: | Galactic astronomy |
| Objective Division: | Expanding Knowledge |
| Objective Group: | Expanding knowledge |
| Objective Field: | Expanding knowledge in the physical sciences |
| UTAS Author: | Lovell, JEJ (Dr Jim Lovell) |
| UTAS Author: | Ellingsen, SP (Professor Simon Ellingsen) |
| UTAS Author: | McCulloch, PM (Professor Peter McCulloch) |
| ID Code: | 7384 |
| Year Published: | 1995 |
| Web of Science® Times Cited: | 257 |
| Deposited By: | Physics |
| Deposited On: | 1995-08-01 |
| Last Modified: | 2015-11-04 |
| Downloads: | 0 |
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