A Multi-wavelength Characterization of the 2023 Outburst of MAXI J1807+132: Manifestations of Disk Instability and Jet Emission

Abstract

Several phenomenological aspects of low-luminosity neutron star transients, such as atolls, remain poorly understood. One such source, MAXI J1807+132, entered its latest outburst in July 2023. To thoroughly characterize this outburst, we conducted an extensive observational campaign spanning radio to X-ray wavelengths. Here, we present the results of this campaign, which covered the period from before the outburst to the return to quiescence. We detected a delay between the X-ray and optical rise times, which is consistent with the predictions of the disk instability model with a truncated disk. The color evolution and optical/X-ray correlations, along with infrared and radio detections, support the presence of jet synchrotron emission during the gradual decay phase following the peak. We also report for the first time in an X-ray binary a near-orthogonal rotation of the optical polarization just before a small flare, after which the jet is thought to be quenched. The main outburst is followed by several high-amplitude, rapid reflares in the optical, ultraviolet, and X-ray bands, the origin of which remains difficult to constrain.

arXiv commentAccepted in ApJ

References in corpus (84)

• SciPy 1.0--Fundamental Algorithms for Scientific Computing in Python
• Array Programming with NumPy
• emcee: The MCMC Hammer
• The Astropy Project: Sustaining and Growing a Community-oriented Open-source Project and the Latest Major Release (v5.0) of the Core Package
• The Swift X-ray Telescope
• The Swift Ultra-Violet/Optical Telescope
• Methods and results of an automatic analysis of a complete sample of Swift-XRT observations of GRBs
• Towards a unified model for black hole X-ray binary jets
• CASA, the Common Astronomy Software Applications for Radio Astronomy
• The disc instability model of dwarf-novae and low-mass X-ray binary transients
• An online repository of Swift/XRT light curves of GRBs
• A Scheme to Unify Low-Power Accreting Black Holes - Jet-Dominated Accretion Flows and the Radio/X-Ray Correlation
• The Properties of X-Ray and Optical Light Curves of X-Ray Novae
• Jets from black hole X-ray binaries: testing, refining and extending empirical models for the coupling to X-rays
• The disc instability model for X-ray transients: evidence for truncation and irradiation
• Jets in neutron star X-ray binaries: a comparison with black holes
• Data analysis recipes: Using Markov Chain Monte Carlo
• The ATLAS All-Sky Stellar Reference Catalog
• Near-infrared synchrotron emission from the compact jet of GX339-4
• Markov Chain Monte Carlo Methods for Bayesian Data Analysis in Astronomy
• Global optical/infrared - X-ray correlations in X-ray binaries: quantifying disc and jet contributions
• Multi-wavelength observations of the 2002 outburst of GX 339-4: two patterns of X-ray-optical/near-infrared behavior
• A review of the disc instability model for dwarf novae, soft X-ray transients and related objects
• Sco X-1: The Evolution and Nature of the Twin Compact Radio Lobes
• A variable mid-infrared synchrotron break associated with the compact jet in GX 339-4
• Assessing luminosity correlations via cluster analysis: Evidence for dual tracks in the radio/X-ray domain of black hole X-ray binaries
• On the peak radio and X-ray emission from neutron star and black hole candidate X-ray transients
• An extremely powerful long-lived superluminal ejection from the black hole MAXI J1820+070
• Probing X-ray Absorption and Optical Extinction in the Interstellar Medium Using Chandra Observations of Supernova Remnants
• Jet spectral breaks in black hole X-ray binaries
• Hot accretion flow in black hole binaries: a link connecting X-rays to the infrared
• Advection-Dominated Flows and the X-ray Delay in the Outburst of GRO J1655-40
• Hard state neutron star and black hole X-ray binaries in the radio:X-ray luminosity plane
• The accretion-ejection coupling in the black hole candidate X-ray binary MAXI J1836-194
• Complete Multiwavelength Evolution of Galactic Black Hole Transients During Outburst Decay I: Conditions for "Compact" Jet Formation
• Spectral evidence for a powerful compact jet from XTE J1118+480
• Evidence for simultaneous jets and disk winds in luminous low-mass X-ray binaries
• The Optical and Ultraviolet Spectral Energy Distributions of Short Period Black Hole X-ray Transients in Outburst
• Extreme Jet Ejections from the Black Hole X-ray Binary V404 Cygni
• The black hole transient MAXI J1348-630: evolution of the compact and transient jets during its 2019/2020 outburst
• Evidence for a jet contribution to the optical/infrared light of neutron star X-ray binaries
• An evolving compact jet in the black hole X-ray binary MAXI J1836-194
• An overview of jets and outflows in stellar mass black holes
• Radio detections of the neutron star X-ray binaries 4U 1820-30 and Ser X-1 in soft X-ray states
• The 2002 Outburst of the Black-Hole X-ray Binary 4U 1543-47: Optical and Infrared Light Curves
• The 1997 hard state outburst of the X-ray transient GS 1354-64 / BW Cir
• Multiwavelength spectral evolution during the 2011 outburst of the very faint X-ray transient Swift J1357.2-0933
• Disk-jet coupling in low-luminosity accreting neutron stars
• The disc-jet coupling in the neutron star X-ray binary Aquila X-1
• Structure and properties of transition fronts in accretion discs
• A new radio census of neutron star X-ray binaries
• A Double Outburst from IGR J00291+5934: Implications for Accretion Disk Instability Theory
• Events leading up to the June 2015 outburst of V404 Cyg
• Systematic Trends In Sloan Digital Sky Survey Photometric Data
• Outburst Morphology in the Soft X-ray Transient Aquila X-1
• Optical precursors to X-ray binary outbursts
• The Reflares and Outburst Evolution in the Accreting Millisecond Pulsar SAX J1808.4-3658: a Disk Truncated Near Co-rotation?
• The evolving polarised jet of black hole candidate Swift J1745-26
• Bright mini-outburst ends the 12-year long activity of the black hole candidate Swift J1753.5-0127
• A NICER look at the state transitions of the black hole candidate MAXI J1535-571 during its reflares
• Time-resolved optical/near-IR polarimetry of V404 Cyg during its 2015 outburst
• The 2005 outburst of the halo black hole X-ray transient XTE J1118+480
• The Double-Peaked 2008 Outburst of the Accreting Milli-Second X-ray Pulsar, IGR J00291+5934
• The evolving jet spectrum of the neutron star X-ray binary Aql X-1 in transitional states during its 2016 outburst
• Enhanced optical activity 12 days before X-ray activity, and a 4 day X-ray delay during outburst rise, in a low-mass X-ray binary
• A tool to separate optical/infrared disc and jet emission in X-ray transient outbursts: the colour-magnitude diagrams of XTE J1550-564
• A "high-hard" outburst of the black hole X-ray binary GS 1354-64
• Radio and X-ray observations of jet ejection in Cygnus X-2
• A long-term optical - X-ray correlation in 4U 1957+11
• Multi-Wavelength Coverage of State Transitions in the New Black Hole X-Ray Binary Swift J1910.2-0546
• Quasi-simultaneous radio and X-ray observations of Aql X-1: probing low luminosities
• The complex evolution of the X-ray binary transient MAXI J1807+132 along the decay of its discovery outburst
• Optical Precursors to Black Hole X-ray Binary Outbursts: An evolving synchrotron jet spectrum in Swift J1357.2-0933
• Probing jet launching in neutron star X-ray binaries: the variable and polarized jet of SAX J1808.4-3658
• The evolving radio jet from the neutron star X-ray binary 4U 1820$-$30
• Frequentist tests for Bayesian models
• A misfired outburst in the neutron star X-ray binary Centaurus X-4
• Discovery of Thermonuclear Type-I X-ray Bursts from the X-ray binary MAXI J1807+132
• Discovery of the new X-ray transient MAXI J1807+132: a Candidate of a Neutron Star Low-mass X-ray binary
• Seven reflares, a mini-outburst and an outburst : High amplitude optical variations in the black hole X-ray binary Swift J1910.2-0546
• Multi-wavelength view of the galactic black-hole binary GRS 1716-249
• Evolution of the Accretion Disk and Corona During the Outburst of the Neutron Star Transient MAXI J1807+132
• Evaluating the jet/accretion coupling of Aql X-1: probing the contribution of accretion flow spectral components
• Optical/infrared polarised emission in X-ray binaries

Cited by in corpus (1)

• Optical polarimetry of the accreting black hole X-ray binary Swift J1727.8$-$1613 over the state transition and radio ejections