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Mata Sánchez, D.; Muñoz-Darias, T.; Casares, J.
Bibliographical reference
Highlights on Spanish Astrophysics X, Proceedings of the XIII Scientific Meeting of the Spanish Astronomical Society held on July 16-20, 2018, in Salamanca, Spain, ISBN 978-84-09-09331-1. B. Montesinos, A. Asensio Ramos, F. Buitrago, R. Schödel, E. Villaver, S. Pérez-Hoyos, I. Ordóñez-Etxeberria (eds.) p. 422-422
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2019
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The black hole transient V404 Cygni exhibited a bright outburst in June
2015 that was intensively followed over a wide range of wavelengths. Our
team obtained high time resolution optical spectroscopy (˜ 90 s),
which included a detailed coverage of the most active phase of the
event. We present a database consisting of 651 optical spectra obtained
during this event, that we combine with 58 spectra gathered during the
fainter December 2015 sequel outburst, as well as with 57 spectra from
the 1989 event. We previously reported the discovery of wind-related
features (P-Cygni and broad-wing line profiles) during both 2015
outbursts. Here, we build diagnostic diagrams that enable us to study
the evolution of typical emission line parameters, such as line fluxes
and equivalent widths, and develop a technique to systematically detect
outflow signatures. We find that these are present throughout the
outburst, even at very low optical fluxes, and that both types of
outflow features are observed simultaneously in some spectra, confirming
the idea of a common origin. We also show that the nebular phases depict
loop patterns in many diagnostic diagrams, while P-Cygni profiles are
highly variable on time-scales of minutes. The comparison between the
three outbursts reveals that the spectra obtained during June and
December 2015 share many similarities, while those from 1989 exhibit
narrower emission lines and lower wind terminal velocities. The
diagnostic diagrams presented in this work have been produced using
standard measurement techniques and thus may be applied to other active
low-mass X-ray binaries.