Search for Fast Correlated X-ray and Optical Variability in Cir X-1 and Xte J1746-321
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Coordinated observations X-ray+optical observations of two southern X-ray binaries, the black hole candidate XTE J1746-321 and the neutron star accreter Cir X-1 (a 'microquasar') are reported. With a photon counting optical photometer on the 1.9m telescope at Sutherland, South Africa and the PCA detector on RXTE, 4h each of simultaneous data were obtained on XTE J1746 and Cir X-1. Cir X-1 showed no X-ray variability at the 2% level, XTE J1746 was variable at 5-7% with a 5Hz QPO. Cross-correlation yielded no correlated signals on either source, to a level of 1%. A problem with a recently published orbital ephemeris of Cir X-1 is pointed out.
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