Bibcode
Calvelo, D. E.; Fender, R. P.; Russell, D. M.; Gallo, E.; Corbel, S.; Tzioumis, A. K.; Bell, M. E.; Lewis, F.; Maccarone, T. J.
Bibliographical reference
Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, Volume 409, Issue 2, pp. 839-845.
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2010
Citations
28
Refereed citations
26
Description
We present the results of radio observations of the black hole binaries
GRO J1655-40 and XTE J1550-564 in quiescence, with the upgraded
Australia Telescope Compact Array. Neither system was detected. Radio
flux density upper limits (3σ) of 26 μJy (at 5.5 GHz), 47
μJy (at 9 GHz) for GRO J1655-40 and 1.4 mJy (at 1.75 GHz), 27 μJy
(at 5.5 GHz), 47 μJy (at 9 GHz) for XTE J1550-564 were measured. In
conjunction with quasi-simultaneous Chandra X-ray observations (in the
case of GRO J1655-40) and Faulkes Telescope optical observations (XTE
J1550-564) we find that these systems provide the first evidence of
relatively `radio-quiet' black hole binaries at low luminosities,
indicating that the scatter observed in the hard state X-ray-radio
correlation at higher luminosities may also extend towards quiescent
levels.