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@article{Stirling:2001:10.1046/j.1365-8711.2001.04821.x,
author = {Stirling, AM and Spencer, RE and de, La Force CJ and Garrett, MA and Fender, RP and Ogley, RN},
doi = {10.1046/j.1365-8711.2001.04821.x},
journal = {Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society},
pages = {1273--1278},
title = {A relativistic jet from Cygnus X-1 in the low/hard X-ray state},
url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1046/j.1365-8711.2001.04821.x},
volume = {327},
year = {2001}
}
TY - JOUR
AB - We present the detection of a radio-emitting jet from the black hole candidate and X-ray binary source Cygnus X-1. Evidence of a bright core with a slightly extended structure was found on milliarcsecond resolution observations with the Very Long Baseline Array (VLBA) at 15.4 GHz. Later observations with the VLBA [and including the phased-up, Very Large Array (VLA)] at 8.4 GHz show an extended jet-like feature extending to ∼ 15 mas from a core region, with an opening angle of < 2°. In addition, lower resolution MERLIN observations at 5 GHz show that the source has < 10 per cent linear polarization. The source was in the low/hard X-ray state during the observations, and the results confirm the existence of persistent radio emission from an unresolved core and a variable, relativistic (> 0.6c) jet during this state.
AU - Stirling,AM
AU - Spencer,RE
AU - de,La Force CJ
AU - Garrett,MA
AU - Fender,RP
AU - Ogley,RN
DO - 10.1046/j.1365-8711.2001.04821.x
EP - 1278
PY - 2001///
SN - 0035-8711
SP - 1273
TI - A relativistic jet from Cygnus X-1 in the low/hard X-ray state
T2 - Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.1046/j.1365-8711.2001.04821.x
VL - 327
ER -
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