TY - GEN
T1 - Ultraviolet, optical, and radio observations of the transient X-ray Source GRO J0422+32
AU - Shrader, C. R.
AU - Wagner, R. M.
AU - Starrfield, Sumner
AU - Hjellming, R. M.
AU - Han, X. H.
PY - 1993/1/1
Y1 - 1993/1/1
N2 - We have monitored the early evolution of the transient X-ray source GRO J0422+32 from approximately 2 weeks post-discovery and into its early decline phase at ultraviolet, optical, and radio wavelengths. Optical and ultraviolet spectra, obtained with the Perkins 1.8-m telescope and with IUE respectively, exhibit numerous, but relatively weak, high-excitation emission lines such as those arising from He II, N III, N V, and C IV superposed on a very blue continuum. We find that the ultraviolet and optical characteristics of GRO J0422+32 as well as its radio evolution, are similar to other recent well-observed X-ray novae or soft X-ray transients such as Cen X-4, V616 Mon, and Nova Muscae 1991, which suggests that GRO J0422+32 is also a member of that subclass of low mass X-ray binaries (LMXBs). Further observations as GRO J0422+32 declines into quiescence wilt be required to determine whether the compact object is a neutron star or a black hole.
AB - We have monitored the early evolution of the transient X-ray source GRO J0422+32 from approximately 2 weeks post-discovery and into its early decline phase at ultraviolet, optical, and radio wavelengths. Optical and ultraviolet spectra, obtained with the Perkins 1.8-m telescope and with IUE respectively, exhibit numerous, but relatively weak, high-excitation emission lines such as those arising from He II, N III, N V, and C IV superposed on a very blue continuum. We find that the ultraviolet and optical characteristics of GRO J0422+32 as well as its radio evolution, are similar to other recent well-observed X-ray novae or soft X-ray transients such as Cen X-4, V616 Mon, and Nova Muscae 1991, which suggests that GRO J0422+32 is also a member of that subclass of low mass X-ray binaries (LMXBs). Further observations as GRO J0422+32 declines into quiescence wilt be required to determine whether the compact object is a neutron star or a black hole.
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U2 - 10.1063/1.44140
DO - 10.1063/1.44140
M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:84902865928
T3 - AIP Conference Proceedings
SP - 324
EP - 329
BT - Compton Gamma-Ray Observatory
A2 - Gehrels, Neil
A2 - Friedlander, Michael W.
A2 - Macomb, Daryl J.
PB - American Institute of Physics Inc.
T2 - Compton Symposium
Y2 - 15 October 1992 through 17 October 1992
ER -