Discovery of a New Flaring Class in GRS 1915+105 Using AstroSat
The highly variable black hole X-ray binary GRS 1915+105 has shown many flaring classes when the source oscillates between the high soft state (HS) and the hard intermediate state with a transition time of less than 10 s. The X-ray flux is anticorrelated with the hardness ratio (HR2) during these X-...
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| description | The highly variable black hole X-ray binary GRS 1915+105 has shown many flaring classes when the source oscillates between the high soft state (HS) and the hard intermediate state with a transition time of less than 10 s. The X-ray flux is anticorrelated with the hardness ratio (HR2) during these X-ray flaring classes. We have analyzed Astrosat/Large Area X-ray Proportional Counter and Soft X-ray Telescope data and report here a new X-ray flaring class named η class when the source oscillates between two HS states (the power-law index is always greater than 4) with transition time around 50 s. The X-ray flux is correlated with the hardness ratio. This class is quasi-regular, and we have detected high-frequency quasiperiodic oscillations around 70 Hz during this new flaring class. The accretion rate changes by a factor of 3 over the burst cycle. We report here the results of our extensive study of spectral and timing characteristics of this new class. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-bfc8f825bd5344b4ae9568edbb325b5c2025-08-20T01:47:37ZengIOP PublishingThe Astrophysical Journal1538-43572025-01-01984211810.3847/1538-4357/adc381Discovery of a New Flaring Class in GRS 1915+105 Using AstroSatRuchika Dhaka0https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1404-8924J. S. Yadav1Ranjeev Misra2https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7609-2779Pankaj Jain3Department of Physics, IIT Kanpur , Kanpur, Uttar Pradesh 208016, IndiaTata Institute of Fundamental Research , Homi Bhabha Road, 400005, Mumbai, India; Space, Planetary & Astronomical Sciences & Engineering, IIT Kanpur , Kanpur, Uttar Pradesh 208016, IndiaInter-University Center for Astronomy and Astrophysics , Ganeshkhind, Pune 411007, IndiaSpace, Planetary & Astronomical Sciences & Engineering, IIT Kanpur , Kanpur, Uttar Pradesh 208016, IndiaThe highly variable black hole X-ray binary GRS 1915+105 has shown many flaring classes when the source oscillates between the high soft state (HS) and the hard intermediate state with a transition time of less than 10 s. The X-ray flux is anticorrelated with the hardness ratio (HR2) during these X-ray flaring classes. We have analyzed Astrosat/Large Area X-ray Proportional Counter and Soft X-ray Telescope data and report here a new X-ray flaring class named η class when the source oscillates between two HS states (the power-law index is always greater than 4) with transition time around 50 s. The X-ray flux is correlated with the hardness ratio. This class is quasi-regular, and we have detected high-frequency quasiperiodic oscillations around 70 Hz during this new flaring class. The accretion rate changes by a factor of 3 over the burst cycle. We report here the results of our extensive study of spectral and timing characteristics of this new class.https://doi.org/10.3847/1538-4357/adc381High energy astrophysicsBlack hole physicsX-ray observatoriesX-ray astronomy |
| spellingShingle | Ruchika Dhaka J. S. Yadav Ranjeev Misra Pankaj Jain Discovery of a New Flaring Class in GRS 1915+105 Using AstroSat The Astrophysical Journal High energy astrophysics Black hole physics X-ray observatories X-ray astronomy |
| title | Discovery of a New Flaring Class in GRS 1915+105 Using AstroSat |
| title_full | Discovery of a New Flaring Class in GRS 1915+105 Using AstroSat |
| title_fullStr | Discovery of a New Flaring Class in GRS 1915+105 Using AstroSat |
| title_full_unstemmed | Discovery of a New Flaring Class in GRS 1915+105 Using AstroSat |
| title_short | Discovery of a New Flaring Class in GRS 1915+105 Using AstroSat |
| title_sort | discovery of a new flaring class in grs 1915 105 using astrosat |
| topic | High energy astrophysics Black hole physics X-ray observatories X-ray astronomy |
| url | https://doi.org/10.3847/1538-4357/adc381 |
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