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Polarized x-rays constrain the disk-jet geometry in the black hole x-ray binary Cygnus X-1.
Krawczynski, Henric; Muleri, Fabio; Dovciak, Michal; Veledina, Alexandra; Rodriguez Cavero, Nicole; Svoboda, Jiri; Ingram, Adam; Matt, Giorgio; Garcia, Javier A; Loktev, Vladislav; Negro, Michela; Poutanen, Juri; Kitaguchi, Takao; Podgorný, Jakub; Rankin, John; Zhang, Wenda; Berdyugin, Andrei; Berdyugina, Svetlana V; Bianchi, Stefano; Blinov, Dmitry; Capitanio, Fiamma; Di Lalla, Niccolò; Draghis, Paul; Fabiani, Sergio; Kagitani, Masato; Kravtsov, Vadim; Kiehlmann, Sebastian; Latronico, Luca; Lutovinov, Alexander A; Mandarakas, Nikos; Marin, Frédéric; Marinucci, Andrea; Miller, Jon M; Mizuno, Tsunefumi; Molkov, Sergey V; Omodei, Nicola; Petrucci, Pierre-Olivier; Ratheesh, Ajay; Sakanoi, Takeshi; Semena, Andrei N; Skalidis, Raphael; Soffitta, Paolo; Tennant, Allyn F; Thalhammer, Phillipp; Tombesi, Francesco; Weisskopf, Martin C; Wilms, Joern; Zhang, Sixuan; Agudo, Iván; Antonelli, Lucio A.
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  • Krawczynski H; Department of Physics and McDonnell Center for the Space Sciences, Washington University in St. Louis, St. Louis, MO 63130, USA.
  • Muleri F; Istituto di Astrofisica e Planetologia Spaziali, Istituto Nazionale di Astrofisica (INAF), 00133 Roma, Italy.
  • Dovciak M; Astronomical Institute of the Czech Academy of Sciences, 14100 Praha 4, Czech Republic.
  • Veledina A; Department of Physics and Astronomy, 20014 University of Turku, Turku, Finland.
  • Rodriguez Cavero N; Nordic Institute for Theoretical Physics (Nordita), Kungliga Tekniska Högskolan (KTH) Royal Institute of Technology and Stockholm University, SE-106 91 Stockholm, Sweden.
  • Svoboda J; Space Research Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow 117997, Russia.
  • Ingram A; Department of Physics and McDonnell Center for the Space Sciences, Washington University in St. Louis, St. Louis, MO 63130, USA.
  • Matt G; Astronomical Institute of the Czech Academy of Sciences, 14100 Praha 4, Czech Republic.
  • Garcia JA; School of Mathematics, Statistics, and Physics, Newcastle University, Newcastle upon Tyne NE1 7RU, UK.
  • Loktev V; Dipartimento di Matematica e Fisica, Università degli Studi Roma Tre, 00146 Roma, Italy.
  • Negro M; Division of Physics, Mathematics and Astronomy, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA 91125, USA.
  • Poutanen J; Department of Physics and Astronomy, 20014 University of Turku, Turku, Finland.
  • Kitaguchi T; Center for Space Sciences and Technology, University of Maryland, Baltimore County, Baltimore, MD 21250, USA.
  • Podgorný J; NASA Goddard Space Flight Center (GSFC), Greenbelt, MD 20771, USA.
  • Rankin J; Center for Research and Exploration in Space Science and Technology, NASA-GSFC, Greenbelt, MD 20771, USA.
  • Zhang W; Department of Physics and Astronomy, 20014 University of Turku, Turku, Finland.
  • Berdyugin A; Space Research Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow 117997, Russia.
  • Berdyugina SV; Rikagaku Kenkyujyo (RIKEN) Cluster for Pioneering Research, 2-1 Hirosawa, Wako, Saitama 351-0198, Japan.
  • Bianchi S; Astronomical Institute of the Czech Academy of Sciences, 14100 Praha 4, Czech Republic.
  • Blinov D; Centre national de la recherche scientifique, Observatoire Astronomique de Strasbourg, Université de Strasbourg, Unité Mixte de Recherche 7550, 67000 Strasbourg, France.
  • Capitanio F; Astronomical Institute, Charles University, 18000 Prague, Czech Republic.
  • Di Lalla N; Istituto di Astrofisica e Planetologia Spaziali, Istituto Nazionale di Astrofisica (INAF), 00133 Roma, Italy.
  • Draghis P; National Astronomical Observatories, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100101, China.
  • Fabiani S; Department of Physics and Astronomy, 20014 University of Turku, Turku, Finland.
  • Kagitani M; Leibniz-Institut für Sonnenphysik, 79104 Freiburg, Germany.
  • Kravtsov V; Istituto Ricerche Solari (IRSOL) Aldo e Cele Daccò, Faculty of Informatics, Università della Svizzera italiana, 6605 Locarno, Switzerland.
  • Kiehlmann S; Euler Institute, Faculty of Informatics, Università della Svizzera italiana, 6962 Lugano, Switzerland.
  • Latronico L; Dipartimento di Matematica e Fisica, Università degli Studi Roma Tre, 00146 Roma, Italy.
  • Lutovinov AA; Institute of Astrophysics, Foundation for Research and Technology-Hellas, 71110 Heraklion, Greece.
  • Mandarakas N; Department of Physics, University of Crete, 70013 Heraklion, Greece.
  • Marin F; Istituto di Astrofisica e Planetologia Spaziali, Istituto Nazionale di Astrofisica (INAF), 00133 Roma, Italy.
  • Marinucci A; Department of Physics and Kavli Institute for Particle Astrophysics and Cosmology, Stanford University, Stanford, CA 94305, USA.
  • Miller JM; Department of Astronomy, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI 48109, USA.
  • Mizuno T; Istituto di Astrofisica e Planetologia Spaziali, Istituto Nazionale di Astrofisica (INAF), 00133 Roma, Italy.
  • Molkov SV; School of Sciences, Tohoku University, Aoba-ku, 980-8578 Sendai, Japan.
  • Omodei N; Department of Physics and Astronomy, 20014 University of Turku, Turku, Finland.
  • Petrucci PO; Institute of Astrophysics, Foundation for Research and Technology-Hellas, 71110 Heraklion, Greece.
  • Ratheesh A; Department of Physics, University of Crete, 70013 Heraklion, Greece.
  • Sakanoi T; Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare, Sezione di Torino, 10125 Torino, Italy.
  • Semena AN; Space Research Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow 117997, Russia.
  • Skalidis R; Institute of Astrophysics, Foundation for Research and Technology-Hellas, 71110 Heraklion, Greece.
  • Soffitta P; Department of Physics, University of Crete, 70013 Heraklion, Greece.
  • Tennant AF; Centre national de la recherche scientifique, Observatoire Astronomique de Strasbourg, Université de Strasbourg, Unité Mixte de Recherche 7550, 67000 Strasbourg, France.
  • Thalhammer P; Agenzia Spaziale Italiana (ASI), 00133 Roma, Italy.
  • Tombesi F; Department of Astronomy, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI 48109, USA.
  • Weisskopf MC; Hiroshima Astrophysical Science Center, Hiroshima University, 1-3-1 Kagamiyama, Higashi-Hiroshima, Hiroshima 739-8526, Japan.
  • Wilms J; Space Research Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow 117997, Russia.
  • Zhang S; Department of Physics and Kavli Institute for Particle Astrophysics and Cosmology, Stanford University, Stanford, CA 94305, USA.
  • Agudo I; Institut de Planétologie et d'Astrophysique de Grenoble (IPAG), Université Grenoble Alpes, Centre national de la recherche scientifique, 38000 Grenoble, France.
  • Antonelli LA; Istituto di Astrofisica e Planetologia Spaziali, Istituto Nazionale di Astrofisica (INAF), 00133 Roma, Italy.
Science ; 378(6620): 650-654, 2022 11 11.
Article en En | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-36356134
ABSTRACT
A black hole x-ray binary (XRB) system forms when gas is stripped from a normal star and accretes onto a black hole, which heats the gas sufficiently to emit x-rays. We report a polarimetric observation of the XRB Cygnus X-1 using the Imaging X-ray Polarimetry Explorer. The electric field position angle aligns with the outflowing jet, indicating that the jet is launched from the inner x-ray-emitting region. The polarization degree is 4.01 ± 0.20% at 2 to 8 kiloelectronvolts, implying that the accretion disk is viewed closer to edge-on than the binary orbit. These observations reveal that hot x-ray-emitting plasma is spatially extended in a plane perpendicular to, not parallel to, the jet axis.
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