Beyond X-ray timing I: Using reprocessing to map the geometry of X-ray binaries Teo Muñoz-Darias INAF-OSSERVATORIO ASTRONOMICO DI BRERA (OAB) University of Southampton, Black hole variability 2010 Monday, June 7, 2010
OUTLINE 1. Why could you be interested in optical/infrared timing? 2. How can we do it? • OIR timing instruments 3. A science case: • Echo-tomography of Low mass X-ray binaries 2 Monday, June 7, 2010
WHY? 1. Multiwavelength sources LMXBs: interacting binaries with “normal” star transfering matter at ~ 10 -9 M yr -1 onto a compact object (BH or NS) 3 Monday, June 7, 2010
WHY? 1. Multiwavelength sources LMXBs: interacting binaries with “normal” star transfering matter at ~ 10 -9 M yr -1 onto a compact object (BH or NS) Credit: Rob Hynes Jet Corona Accretion disc Companion star 3 Monday, June 7, 2010
WHY? 1. Multiwavelength sources Radio IR Opt. X F ν Disc companion Jets Corona ν Credit: Mickaël Coriat Fast variability observed from IR to X-rays Full accretion picture MW view 4 Monday, June 7, 2010
WHY? 2. Interesting science cases Complex X-ray/optical cross correlations: Contributions from jet or the corona Kanbach et al., Nature, 2001 5 Monday, June 7, 2010
WHY? 2. Interesting science cases Fast infrared variability from the jet Piergiorgio’s talk Casella et al. 2010, MNRAS Lett. 6 Monday, June 7, 2010
WHY? 2. Interesting science cases Optical echoes: binary geometry and neutron star masses In few minutes... 7 Monday, June 7, 2010
WHY? 2. Interesting science cases Optical echoes: binary geometry and neutron star masses In few minutes... 7 Monday, June 7, 2010
WHY? 2. Interesting science cases Pulsed optical emission from Magnetars: testing models See e.g. Dhillon 2005, 2009, 2010 8 Monday, June 7, 2010
WHY? 3. Maybe it is the right time Science with ULTRACAM accreting white dwarfs/cataclysmic variables 20% black-hole/neutron star X-ray binaries 16% sdB stars/asteroseismology 12% eclipsing, detached white-dwarf/red-dwarf binaries 11% 220 nights extrasolar planet transits and eclipses 9% 16 runs occultations by Titan, Pluto, Uranus, Kuiper Belt Objects 6% 50+ papers flare stars 6% 8.2m VLT pulsars 5% 4.2m WHT isolated white dwarfs 5% 3.5m NTT ultra-compact binaries 4% since 2002 isolated brown dwarfs 3% GRBs 2% Miscellaneous objects (AGN, contact binaries, etc) 1% Credit: Vik Dhillon 9 Monday, June 7, 2010
How? Optical: ULTRACAM at ING and ESO High temporal resolution (>100Hz) Triple beam CCD (3x1024x1024) Cover 3 different bands simoustanealy Pipeline : data on real time! See Dhillon et al. 2007 10 Monday, June 7, 2010
How? Optical: ULTRACAM at ING and ESO High temporal resolution (>100Hz) Triple beam CCD (3x1024x1024) Cover 3 different bands simoustanealy Pipeline : data on real time! See Dhillon et al. 2007 10 Monday, June 7, 2010
How? IR: ISAAC at ESO VLT • ‘Burst’ and ‘fastjitter’ modes • up to 3 ms ! ...but you have to stop for reading at some point • J, K, H bands See Dhillon et al. 2007 11 Monday, June 7, 2010
How? IR: ISAAC at ESO VLT ★ Other Instruments • OPTIMA small telescope but nice results! • Also fast modes in e.g. VLT and Keck instruments • ‘Burst’ and ‘fastjitter’ modes • up to 3 ms ! ...but you have to stop for reading at some point • J, K, H bands See Dhillon et al. 2007 11 Monday, June 7, 2010
HOW?. New things comings EMCCDs at help... They are becoming popular • Fast optical spectroscopy with ULTRASPEC Visitor instrument at ESO telescope • Fast optical spectroscopy with ISIS/EMCCD 4.2m WHT at La Palma 12 Monday, June 7, 2010
MY SCIENCE CASE: constraining fundamental parameters with Echo-tomography 13 Monday, June 7, 2010
Persistent / Transient bright disc Companion not detected 14 Monday, June 7, 2010
Distribution of NS and BH masses 15 Monday, June 7, 2010
Distribution of NS and BH masses 15 Monday, June 7, 2010
Distribution of NS and BH masses Is there a real gap in the distribution? Which is the maximum mass for a NS? 15 Monday, June 7, 2010
Bowen emission from the companion Steeghs & Casares 2002 ApJ 568 273 Discovery of narrow (FWHM ≈ 50 km/s) high excitation emission lines from the irradiated companion in Sco X-1. Most intense in Bowen blend: • NIII 4634, 4641-2 • CIII 4647, 4650-1 Powered by fluorescence resonance triggered by cascade recombination of HeII Ly α photons 16 Monday, June 7, 2010
Bowen emission from the companion Steeghs & Casares 2002 ApJ 568 273 Discovery of narrow (FWHM ≈ 50 km/s) high excitation emission lines from the irradiated companion in Sco X-1. Most intense in Bowen blend: • NIII 4634, 4641-2 • CIII 4647, 4650-1 Powered by fluorescence resonance triggered by cascade recombination of HeII Ly α photons 16 Monday, June 7, 2010
Bowen emission from the companion Steeghs & Casares 2002 ApJ 568 273 Discovery of narrow (FWHM ≈ 50 km/s) high excitation emission lines from the irradiated companion in Sco X-1. Most intense in Bowen blend: • NIII 4634, 4641-2 • CIII 4647, 4650-1 Powered by fluorescence resonance triggered by cascade recombination of HeII Ly α photons 16 Monday, June 7, 2010
Bowen emission from the companion Steeghs & Casares 2002 ApJ 568 273 Discovery of narrow (FWHM ≈ 50 km/s) high excitation emission lines from the irradiated companion in Sco X-1. Most intense in Bowen blend: • NIII 4634, 4641-2 • CIII 4647, 4650-1 Powered by fluorescence resonance triggered by cascade recombination of HeII Ly α photons 16 Monday, June 7, 2010
SUMMARY of results LMXB PERIOD K em M 1 REFERENCE hours km s -1 M SUN J1808.4-3658 2.01 248±20 >0.13 Cornelisse et al. 2009 4U 1636-536 3.79 277±22 >0.62 Casares et al. 2006 3.82 310±10 1.0-2.4 EXO 0748-676 Muñoz-Darias et al. 2009 XB 1254-690 3.93 245±30 1.2-2.6 Barnes et al. 2007 J1814-338 4.2 345±19 >1 Casares et al. In prep GX 9+9 4.2 230±35 >0.23 Cornelisse et al. 2007a 4U 1735-444 4.65 226±22 >0.32 Casares et al. 2006 X1822-371 5.57 280±3 1.5-1.9 Muñoz-Darias et al. In prep LMC X-2 7.7 351±28 >1.2 Cornelisse et al. 2007c Sco X-1 18.9 87±1 >0.24 Steeghs & Casares 2002 Aql X-1 18.97 247±8 >1.6 Cornelisse et al. 2007b GX 339-4 42.14 317±10 >6 (BH) Hynes et al. 2003; Muñoz- Darias et al. 2008 17 Monday, June 7, 2010
What is echo-tomography? Time delays between X-ray and optical variability to map reprocessing regions in a binary (O’Brien et al. 2001) T(t- τ ) depends on orbital phase and geometry: • inclination i • binary separation O(t) = X(t) * T(t- τ ) • mass ratio q=M 2 /M 1 18 Monday, June 7, 2010
What is echo-tomography? Time delays between X-ray and optical variability to map reprocessing regions in a binary (O’Brien et al. 2001) T(t- τ ) depends on orbital phase and geometry: • inclination i We propose to apply echo-tomography using a narrow filter centered at the Bowen Blend. • binary separation O(t) = X(t) * T(t- τ ) • mass ratio q=M 2 /M 1 18 Monday, June 7, 2010
ULTRACAM+Narrow filters FLUX WAVELENGTH Bowen + He II continuum subtracted lightcurves !!! 19 Monday, June 7, 2010
Echo-tomography of Sco X-1 Goal: search for time delayed echoes of X-ray variability from the companion using Bowen lines. Sco X-1 is the brightest LMXB in both, X-rays and optical wavelengths (V=12.9) Observational campaign with RXTE and WHT+ULTRACAM during 3 nights: 17-19 May 2004 full covering an orbital period (P=18.9 h) 0.50 0.25 0.75 0.00 20 Monday, June 7, 2010
SCO X-1 during flaring! W3 φ =0.52 W4 φ =0.42 φ =0.60 W1 W5 W2 φ =0.73 21 Monday, June 7, 2010
SCO X-1 during flaring! W3 φ =0.52 W4 φ =0.42 φ =0.60 W1 W5 W2 φ =0.73 21 Monday, June 7, 2010
Delay at orbital phase ~0.5 43s 22 Monday, June 7, 2010
Delay at orbital phase ~0.5 Bowen+He II+Continuum~11-12 s Continuum ~9 s 43s Continuum CORRELATION LEVEL DELAY (s) 22 Monday, June 7, 2010
Analysis of the delays Muñoz- Darias et al. 2007 DONOR DELAY (s) CONTINUUM Text DISK MASS RATIO 23 Monday, June 7, 2010
Analysis of the delays Muñoz- Darias et al. 2007 DONOR Bowen+He II CS DELAY (s) CONTINUUM Text M 1 > 1.4 M i > 50º DISK MASS RATIO 23 Monday, June 7, 2010
Analysis of the delays Muñoz- Darias et al. 2007 DONOR Bowen+He II CS DELAY (s) CONTINUUM Text M 1 > 1.4 M i > 50º DISK MASS RATIO However, we need phase dependent echoes 23 Monday, June 7, 2010
Echo-tomography of 4U 1636-536 • Emission from the companion previously detected: (Casares et al. 2006) K em =277 ± 22 km/s K 1 =90 -113 km/s • Frequent Type I bursts GOAL: using bursts to measure delays at different orbital phases Observational campaign with RXTE and VLT+ULTRACAM during 2 consecutive nights in June 2007 24 Monday, June 7, 2010
Phase-dependent echoes in 4U 1636-536 CORRELATION LEVEL FLUX TIME (s) DELAY (s) 25 Monday, June 7, 2010
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