Polarimetric Signatures of Infrared Jets in X-ray Binaries

Bibcode
2008AIPC.1010..100S
DOI
10.1063/1.2945014
Shahbaz, T.; Fender, R. P.; Watson, C. A.; O'Brien, K.
Bibliographical reference

A POPULATION EXPLOSION: The Nature & Evolution of X-ray Binaries in Diverse Environments. AIP Conference Proceedings, Volume 1010, pp. 100-102 (2008).

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2008
Number of authors
4
IAC number of authors
1
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0
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0
Description
We present near-infrared linear spectropolarimetry of a sample of persistent X-ray binaries: Sco X-1, Cyg X-2 and GRS 1915+105. For Sco X-1 and Cyg X-2, the polarization levels at 2.4 μm are 1.3+/-0.10 % and 5.4+/-0.7 %, respectively, which is greater than the polarization level at 1.65 μm. This cannot be explained by interstellar polarization or electron scattering in the anisotropic environment of the accretion flow. We propose that the most likely explanation is that this is the polarimetric signature of synchrotron emission arising from close to the base of the jet.
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Non-refereed

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