NICER observation list: Target ID 560503
- Proposal Number = 5605
- Target ID = 560503
- Target Name = GX_339-4
- Proposal Title = THE ORIGIN OF SUB-SECOND MULTIWAVELENGTH VARIABILITY IN BLACK HOLE BINARIES
- PI = JOHN PAICE
- Proposal Category = X-RAY BINARIES
- Cycle number = 5
- Observation Type = NOR
Abstract
Over the past few years, successful multiwavelength campaigns on a handful of Galactic Black Hole (BH) X-ray Binaries have revealed remarkable sub-second variability and significant optical/infrared-vs-X-ray correlations, with some arising in the first acceleration zone at the base of a compact, relativistic jet. But what drives these variations, and are they really as stable as they sometimes appear? Here we propose up to 10 individual anticipated ToO observations on 1--2 hard state outbursts, strictly simultaneous with optical/infrared timing. We will probe rapid, sub-second photometric variations and search for inter-band time delays to disentangle the jet/disc/coronal components using spectral-timing, and probe these systems on theory-critical, unprecedented scales.
Obsid |
RA |
DEC |
l |
b |
Start |
End |
Exposure |
Number of Modules |
Number of Processing |
Status of Processing |
Date of Processing |
Public date |
5605030101 |
255.705 |
-48.790 |
338.939 |
-4.326 |
59831.8118 |
59831.8211 |
713.0 |
52 |
7 |
VALIDATED |
59844.1 |
59845 |
5605030102 |
255.704 |
-48.789 |
338.939 |
-4.325 |
59832.0052 |
59832.1447 |
864.0 |
52 |
5 |
VALIDATED |
59844.1 |
59846 |
5605030201 |
255.707 |
-48.790 |
338.940 |
-4.327 |
60014.2654 |
60014.3400 |
1070.8 |
51 |
3 |
VALIDATED |
60024.2 |
60028 |