X-Ray Emission from the Jets of XTE J1550-564

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dc.creatorKaaret, P.
dc.creatorCorbel, S.
dc.creatorTomsick, J. A.
dc.creatorFender, R. P.
dc.creatorMiller, J. M.
dc.creatorOrosz, J. A.
dc.creatorTzioumis, A. K.
dc.creatorWijnands, R.
dc.date2002-10-17
dc.date.accessioned2026-07-07T10:31:25Z
dc.date.available2026-07-07T10:31:25Z
dc.descriptionWe report on X-ray observations of the the large-scale jets recently discovered in the radio and detected in X-rays from the black hole candidate X-ray transient and microquasar XTE J1550-564. On 11 March 2002, X-ray emission was detected 23 arcsec to the West of the black hole candidate and was extended along the jet axis with a full width at half maximum of 1.2 arcsec and a full width at 10% of maximum intensity of 5 arcsec. The morphology of the X-ray emission matched well to that of the radio emission at the same epoch. The jet moved by 0.52 +/- 0.13 arcsec between 11 March and 19 June 2002. The apparent speed during that interval was 5.2 +/- 1.3 mas/day. This is significantly less than the average apparent speed of 18.1 +/- 0.4 mas/day from 1998 to 2002, assuming that the jet was ejected in September 1998, and indicates that the jet has decelerated. The X-ray spectrum is adequately described by a powerlaw with a photon index near 1.8 subject to interstellar absorption. The unabsorbed X-ray flux was 3.4 x 10^-13 erg cm^-2 s^-1 in the 0.3-8 keV band in March 2002, and decreased to 2.9 x 10^-13 erg cm^-2 s^-1 in June. We also detect X-rays from the eastern jet in March 2002 and show that it has decelerated and dimmed since the previous detections in 2000.
dc.descriptionaccepted for publication in ApJ, 11 pages, several figures in color
dc.identifierhttps://arxiv.org/abs/astro-ph/0210401
dc.identifierhttp://arxiv.org/abs/astro-ph/0210401
dc.identifierAstrophys.J.582:945-953,2003
dc.identifierdoi:10.1086/344540
dc.identifier.urihttp://salesiana.dossiersoluciones.com/handle/123456789/178406
dc.subjectAstrophysics
dc.titleX-Ray Emission from the Jets of XTE J1550-564
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