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标题：Multi-wavelength observations of the microquasar XTE J1720-318: a transition from high-soft to low-hard state
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作者：S. Chaty
期刊名称：PoS - Proceedings of Science
印刷版ISSN：1824-8039
出版年度：2006
出版社：SISSA, Scuola Internazionale Superiore di Studi Avanzati
摘要：To gain a better understanding of high-energy Galactic sources, we observed the Galactic Xray binary and black hole candidate XTE J1720-318 in the optical and near-infrared, just after the onset of its X-ray outburst in January, 2003. These observations were obtained with the ESO/NTT as a Target of Opportunity, in February and April 2003. We performed an accurate astrometry and analysed photometrical observations. We then produced a colour-magnitude diagram, looked at the overall evolution of the multi-wavelength light curve, and analysed the spectral energy distribution. We discovered the optical counterpart in the R-band (R 21.5) and confirmed the near-infrared counterpart. We show that, for an absorption between 6 and 8 magnitudes, XTE J1720-318 is likely to be an intermediate mass X-ray binary located at a distance between 3 and 10 kpc, hosting a main sequence star of spectral type between late B and early G. Our second set of observations took place simultaneously with the third secondary outburst present in X-ray and near-infrared light curves. The evolution of its spectral energy distribution shows that XTE J1720-318 entered a transition from a high-soft to a low-hard state in-between the two observations. We finally discuss the different phases of the outburst of this source in the general scheme of outbursts from microquasars