Wilms, J. (Joern), Nowak, M. A. (Mike A.), Pottschmidt, K., Pooley, G. G. and Fritz, S.. (2006) Long term variability of Cygnus X-1. IV, Spectral evolution 1999–2004. Astronomy & Astrophysics, Vol.447 (No.1). pp. 245-261. ISSN 0004-6361

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Abstract

Continuing the observational campaign initiated by our group, we present the long term spectral evolution of the Galactic black hole candidate Cygnus X-1 in the X-rays and at 15 GHz. We present ∼200 pointed observations taken between early 1999 and late 2004 with the Rossi X-ray Timing Explorer and the Ryle radio telescope. The X-ray spectra are remarkably well described by a simple broken power law spectrum with an exponential cutoff. Physically motivated Comptonization models, e.g., by Titarchuk (1994, ApJ, 434, 570, compTT) and by Coppi (1999, in High Energy Processes in Accreting Black Holes, ed. J. Poutanen, & R. Svensson (San Francisco: ASP), ASP Conf. Ser., 161, 375, eqpair), can reproduce this simplicity; however, the success of the phenomenological broken power law models cautions against “overparameterizing” the more physical models. Broken power law models reveal a significant linear correlation between the photon index of the lower energy power law and the hardening of the power law at ∼10 keV. This phenomenological soft/hard power law correlation is partly attributable to correlations of broad band continuum components, rather than being dominated by the weak hardness/reflection fraction correlation present in the Comptonization model. Specifically, the Comptonization models show that the bolometric flux of a soft excess (e.g., disk component) is strongly correlated with the compactness ratio of the Comptonizing medium, with L disk ∝( h / s ) −0.19 . Over the course of our campaign, Cyg X-1 transited several times into the soft state, and exhibited a large number of “failed state transitions”. The fraction of the time spent in such low radio emission/soft X-ray spectral states has increased from ∼10% in 1996–2000 to ∼34% since early 2000. We find that radio flares typically occur during state transitions and failed state transitions (at h / s ∼ 3), and that there is a strong correlation between the 10–50 keV X-ray flux and the radio luminosity of the source. We demonstrate that rather than there being distinctly separated states, in contrast to the timing properties the spectrum of Cyg X-1 shows variations between extremes of properties, with clear cut examples of spectra at every intermediate point in the observed spectral correlations.

Item Type:	Journal Article
Subjects:	Q Science > QB Astronomy
Divisions:	Faculty of Science > Physics
Library of Congress Subject Headings (LCSH):	Black holes (Astronomy), X-ray sources, Galactic, Double stars
Journal or Publication Title:	Astronomy & Astrophysics
Publisher:	EDP Sciences
ISSN:	0004-6361
Date:	February 2006
Volume:	Vol.447
Number:	No.1
Page Range:	pp. 245-261
Identification Number:	10.1051/0004-6361:20053938
Status:	Peer Reviewed
Access rights to Published version:	Open Access
Funder:	United States. National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), Deutsche Forschungsanstalt für Luft- und Raumfahrt (DLR), Deutscher Akademischer Austauschdienst (DAAD), National Science Foundation (U.S.) (NSF), Particle Physics and Astronomy Research Council (Great Britain) (PPARC)
Grant number:	NAS5-30720 (NASA), SV3-73016 (NASA), 50OR302 (DLR), INT-0233441 (NSF)
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