Observations of Rapid Disk-Jet Interaction in GRS 1915+105

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dc.creatorRothstein, David M.
dc.creatorEikenberry, Stephen S.
dc.creatorMatthews, Keith
dc.date2005-08-09
dc.date.accessioned2026-07-07T02:18:25Z
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dc.descriptionWe present evidence that ~ 30 minute episodes of jet formation in GRS 1915+105 may sometimes be a superposition of smaller, faster phenomena. Based on observations in 2002 July using the Rossi X-ray Timing Explorer and the Palomar 5 meter telescope, we show that GRS 1915+105 sometimes produces ~ 30 minute infrared flares that can entirely be explained as a combination of small (~ 150 second) flares, one for each oscillation in the accompanying X-ray light curve. We discuss the differences between these observations and similar ones in 1997 August and conclude that an X-ray "trigger spike" seen during each cycle in 1997 is a key ingredient for large ejections to occur on ~ 30 minute timescales in this source.
dc.description6 pages, 3 figures; published in Proceedings of the 5th Microquasar Workshop (Beijing, June 2004); this paper is a shorter version of astro-ph/0501624
dc.identifierhttps://arxiv.org/abs/astro-ph/0508221
dc.identifierhttp://arxiv.org/abs/astro-ph/0508221
dc.identifierChin. J. Astron. Astrophys. 5 Suppl. (2005) 57
dc.identifier.urihttp://salesiana.dossiersoluciones.com/handle/123456789/9485
dc.subjectAstrophysics
dc.titleObservations of Rapid Disk-Jet Interaction in GRS 1915+105
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