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The X-ray spectral evolution and radio–X-ray correlation in radiatively efficient black-hole sources

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  07 March 2016

Ai-Jun Dong
Affiliation:
School of Physics, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan 430074, China
Qingwen Wu
Affiliation:
School of Physics, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan 430074, China
Xiao-Feng Cao
Affiliation:
School of Physics and Electronics Information, Hubei University of Education, 430205, Wuhan, China
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Abstract

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We explore X-ray spectral evolution and radio–X-ray correlation simultaneously for four X-ray binaries (XRBs). We find that hard X-ray photon indices, Γ, are anti- and positively correlated to X-ray fluxes when the X-ray flux, F3–9keV, is below and above a critical flux, FX,crit, which may be regulated by ADAF and disk-corona respectively. We find that the data points with anti-correlation of Γ-F3–9keV follow the universal radio–X-ray correlation of FRFXb (b ~ 0.5-0.7), while the data points with positive X-ray spectral evolution follow a steeper radio–X-ray correlation (b ~ 1.4, the so-called ‘outliers track’). The bright active galactic nuclei (AGNs) share similar X-ray spectral evolution and radio–X-ray correlation as XRBs in ‘outliers’ track, and we present a new fundamental plane of log LR=1.59+0.28−0.22 log LX−0.22+0.19−0.20 log MBH−28.97+0.45−0.45 for these radiatively efficient BH sources.

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Copyright
Copyright © International Astronomical Union 2016 

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