Revealing the disc-jet connection at super-Eddington accretion rates
Abstract
One of the biggest mysteries in modern astrophysics is the mechanismdriving the launching of jets from compact objects. Observing how jetswhich accompany super-Eddington accretion couple to the inflow, willtest the physics of the launching and yield a major step forwards in ourunderstanding. We have recently shown that the radio core of the ULX,Ho II X-1 varies on timescales of mins-days, allowing us to probe thiscoupling for the first time. XMM-Newton and VLA together are the onlyinstruments capable of delivering this ground-breaking science and forwhich we are proposing a series of 10 simultaneous observations. To placethe physics of the coupling into context, we are also requesting a seriesof Swift snapshots which we will match with AMI observations at 16 GHz.
- Publication:
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XMM-Newton Proposal
- Pub Date:
- October 2019
- Bibcode:
- 2019xmm..prop..151M