Measuring the disc-jet correlation in SWIFT J1753.5-0127
Abstract
Simultaneous observations of hard state LMXBs with XMM-Newton and the ISAAC infrared camera on the VLT can reveal the direct connection between accretion disc variability and variations from the jet. A recent triggered observation of GX 339-4 revealed the first such correlation and showed, surprisingly, that the disc is better correlated with the jet IR emission than the power-law is, suggesting that the disc plays a key role in powering the jet. Here we request an XMM-Newton open time observation (30 ksec exposure) simultaneous with VLT-ISAAC (3 hours) observations of the `persistent' LMXB SWIFT~J1753.5-0127 (with a supporting optical observation to be proposed for separately), to determine whether this exciting result can be applied more generally.
- Publication:
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XMM-Newton Proposal
- Pub Date:
- October 2011
- Bibcode:
- 2011xmm..prop...69U
- Keywords:
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- White Dwarf Binaries;
- Neutron Star Binaries;
- Cataclysmic Variables;
- ULXs;
- Black Holes;
- SWIFT J1753.5-0