X-Ray Polarization of the Eastern Lobe of SS 433

DOI: 
10.3847/2041-8213/ad103b
Publication date: 
11/01/2024
Main author: 
Kaaret, Philip
IAA authors: 
Agudo, Iván
Authors: 
Kaaret, Philip;Ferrazzoli, Riccardo;Silvestri, Stefano;Negro, Michela;Manfreda, Alberto;Wu, Kinwah;Costa, Enrico;Soffitta, Paolo;Safi-Harb, Samar;Poutanen, Juri;Veledina, Alexandra;Di Marco, Alessandro;Slane, Patrick;Bianchi, Stefano;Ingram, Adam;Romani, Roger W.;Cibrario, Nicolò;Mac Intyre, Brydyn;Mikus̆incová, Romana;Ratheesh, Ajay;Steiner, James F.;Svoboda, Jiri;Tugliani, Stefano;Agudo, Iván;Antonelli, Lucio A.;Bachetti, Matteo;Baldini, Luca;Baumgartner, Wayne H.;Bellazzini, Ronaldo;Bongiorno, Stephen D.;Bonino, Raffaella;Brez, Alessandro;Bucciantini, Niccolò;Capitanio, Fiamma;Castellano, Simone;Cavazzuti, Elisabetta;Chen, Chien-Ting;Ciprini, Stefano;De Rosa, Alessandra;Del Monte, Ettore;Di Gesu, Laura;Di Lalla, Niccolò;Donnarumma, Immacolata;Doroshenko, Victor;Dovčiak, Michal;Ehlert, Steven R.;Enoto, Teruaki;Evangelista, Yuri;Fabiani, Sergio;García, Javier A.;Gunji, Shuichi;Hayashida, Kiyoshi;Heyl, Jeremy;Iwakiri, Wataru;Jorstad, Svetlana G.;Karas, Vladimir;Kislat, Fabian;Kitaguchi, Takao;Kolodziejczak, Jeffery J.;Krawczynski, Henric;La Monaca, Fabio;Latronico, Luca;Liodakis, Ioannis;Maldera, Simone;Marin, Frédéric;Marinucci, Andrea;Marscher, Alan P.;Marshall, Herman L.;Massaro, Francesco;Matt, Giorgio;Mitsuishi, Ikuyuki;Mizuno, Tsunefumi;Muleri, Fabio;Ng, Chi-Yung;O'Dell, Stephen L.;Omodei, Nicola;Oppedisano, Chiara;Papitto, Alessandro;Pavlov, George G.;Peirson, Abel L.;Perri, Matteo;Pesce-Rollins, Melissa;Petrucci, Pierre-Olivier;Pilia, Maura;Possenti, Andrea;Puccetti, Simonetta;Ramsey, Brian D.;Rankin, John;Roberts, Oliver J.;Sgrò, Carmelo;Spandre, Gloria;Swartz, Douglas A.;Tamagawa, Toru;Tavecchio, Fabrizio;Taverna, Roberto;Tawara, Yuzuru;Tennant, Allyn F.;Thomas, Nicholas E.;Tombesi, Francesco;Trois, Alessio;Tsygankov, Sergey S.;Turolla, Roberto;Vink, Jacco;Weisskopf, Martin C.;Xie, Fei;Zane, Silvia
Journal: 
The Astrophysical Journal
Publication type: 
Article
Volume: 
961
Pages: 
L12
Abstract: 
How astrophysical systems translate the kinetic energy of bulk motion into the acceleration of particles to very high energies is a pressing question. SS 433 is a microquasar that emits TeV γ-rays indicating the presence of high-energy particles. A region of hard X-ray emission in the eastern lobe of SS 433 was recently identified as an acceleration site. We observed this region with the Imaging X-ray Polarimetry Explorer and measured a polarization degree in the range 38%-77%. The high polarization degree indicates the magnetic field has a well-ordered component if the X-rays are due to synchrotron emission. The polarization angle is in the range -12° to +10° (east of north), which indicates that the magnetic field is parallel to the jet. Magnetic fields parallel to the bulk flow have also been found in supernova remnants and the jets of powerful radio galaxies. This may be caused by interaction of the flow with the ambient medium.
Database: 
ADS
SCOPUS
URL: 
https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/#abs/2024ApJ...961L..12K/abstract
ADS Bibcode: 
2024ApJ...961L..12K
Keywords: 
High mass x-ray binary stars;Jets;High energy astrophysics;Supernova remnants;Astrophysical black holes;733;870;739;1667;98;Astrophysics - High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena