Abstract:
A sudden increase in the rate at which material reaches the most internal part of an accretion disk, i.e., the boundary layer, can change its structure dramatically. We have witnessed such a change for the first time in the symbiotic recurrent nova T CrB. Our analysis of XMM-Newton, Swift Burst Alert Telescope (BAT)/X-Ray Telescope (XRT)/UltraViolet Optical Telescope (UVOT), and the American Association of Variable Stars Observers (AAVSO) V- and B-band data indicates that during an optical brightening event that started in early 2014 (ΔV ≈ 1.5) the following occurred: (i) the hard X-ray emission as seen with BAT almost vanished; (ii) the XRT X-ray flux decreased significantly, while the optical flux remained high; (iii) the UV flux increased by at least a factor of 40 over the quiescent value; and (iv) the X-ray spectrum became much softer and a bright, new blackbody-like component appeared. We suggest that the optical brightening event, which could be a similar event to that observed about 8 years before the most recent thermonuclear outburst in 1946, is due to a disk instability. © ESO 2018.
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Título: | Dramatic change in the boundary layer in the symbiotic recurrent nova T Coronae Borealis |
Autor: | Luna, G.J.M.; Mukai, K.; Sokoloski, J.L.; Nelson, T.; Kuin, P.; Segreto, A.; Cusumano, G.; Jaque Arancibia, M.; Nuñez, N.E. |
Filiación: | CONICET, Universidad de Buenos Aires, Instituto de Astronomía y Física del Espacio (IAFE), Av. Inte. Güiraldes 2620, Buenos Aires, C1428ZAA, Argentina Universidad de Buenos Aires, Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales, Buenos Aires, Argentina Universidad Nacional Arturo Jauretche, Av. Calchaquí 6200, F. Varela, Buenos Aires, Argentina CRESST, X-ray Astrophysics Laboratory, NASA, Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, MD 20771, United States Department of Physics, University of Maryland, 1000 Hilltop Circle, Baltimore, MD 21250, United States Columbia Astrophysics Lab, Columbia University, 1027 Pupin Hall, 550 W 120th St., New York, NY 10027, United States Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA 15260, United States University College London, Mullard Space Science Laboratory, Holmbury St. Mary, Dorking, RH5 6NT, United Kingdom INAF, Istituto di Astrofisica Spaziale e Fisica Cosmica, Via U. La Malfa 153, Palermo, 90146, Italy Departamento de Física y Astronomía, Universidad de La Serena, Av. Cisternas 1200, La Serena, Chile Instituto de Ciencias Astronómicas, de la Tierra y del Espacio (ICATE-CONICET), Av. España Sur 1512, San Juan, J5402DSP, Argentina
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Palabras clave: | Accretion, accretion disks; Binaries: symbiotic; X-rays: binaries; Boundary layers; Accretion , accretion disks; Accretion disks; Association of variables; Binaries: symbiotic; Burst alert telescopes; Disk instabilities; Hard x-ray emission; X-rays: Binaries; X rays |
Año: | 2018
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Volumen: | 619
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http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201833747 |
Título revista: | Astronomy and Astrophysics
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Título revista abreviado: | Astron. Astrophys.
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ISSN: | 00046361
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CODEN: | AAEJA
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Registro: | https://bibliotecadigital.exactas.uba.ar/collection/paper/document/paper_00046361_v619_n_p_Luna |
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Citas:
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Luna, G.J.M., Mukai, K., Sokoloski, J.L., Nelson, T., Kuin, P., Segreto, A., Cusumano, G.,..., Nuñez, N.E.
(2018)
. Dramatic change in the boundary layer in the symbiotic recurrent nova T Coronae Borealis. Astronomy and Astrophysics, 619.
http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201833747---------- CHICAGO ----------
Luna, G.J.M., Mukai, K., Sokoloski, J.L., Nelson, T., Kuin, P., Segreto, A., et al.
"Dramatic change in the boundary layer in the symbiotic recurrent nova T Coronae Borealis"
. Astronomy and Astrophysics 619
(2018).
http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201833747---------- MLA ----------
Luna, G.J.M., Mukai, K., Sokoloski, J.L., Nelson, T., Kuin, P., Segreto, A., et al.
"Dramatic change in the boundary layer in the symbiotic recurrent nova T Coronae Borealis"
. Astronomy and Astrophysics, vol. 619, 2018.
http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201833747---------- VANCOUVER ----------
Luna, G.J.M., Mukai, K., Sokoloski, J.L., Nelson, T., Kuin, P., Segreto, A., et al. Dramatic change in the boundary layer in the symbiotic recurrent nova T Coronae Borealis. Astron. Astrophys. 2018;619.
http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201833747