Spectral and photometric variability of SS 433 observed with XRISM and simultaneous optical and near-infrared telescopes


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Yusuke Sakai, Shinya Yamada, Yuta Okada, T. Takagi, Tomoya Usuki, M. Shidatsu, S. Kobayashi, Robert-Marian-Alexandru Petre, Y. Ueda, H. Uchiyama, Miho Tan, T. Kotani, Taichi Igarashi, Mami Machida, H. Sakemi, Nobuyuki Kawai, Daiki Miura, Hiroya Yamaguchi, Kanta Fujiwara, D. Hiramatsu, K. Isogai, Chulsoo Kang, Mariko Kimura, Katsuhiro L. Murata, T. Nagayama, Taichi Nakamoto, K. Namekata, Yuki Niida, Y. Niino, M. Niwano, K. Oh, S. Sako, M. Sasada, Hiromasa Suzuki, K. Taguchi, Ichiro Takahashi, Miyuki Uenishi, Y. Yatsu, M. Yoshimoto
2026

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Sakai, Y., Yamada, S., Okada, Y., Takagi, T., Usuki, T., Shidatsu, M., … Yoshimoto, M. (2026). Spectral and photometric variability of SS 433 observed with XRISM and simultaneous optical and near-infrared telescopes.


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Sakai, Yusuke, Shinya Yamada, Yuta Okada, T. Takagi, Tomoya Usuki, M. Shidatsu, S. Kobayashi, et al. “Spectral and Photometric Variability of SS 433 Observed with XRISM and Simultaneous Optical and near-Infrared Telescopes” (2026).


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Sakai, Yusuke, et al. Spectral and Photometric Variability of SS 433 Observed with XRISM and Simultaneous Optical and near-Infrared Telescopes. 2026.


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@article{yusuke2026a,
  title = {Spectral and photometric variability of SS 433 observed with XRISM and simultaneous optical and near-infrared telescopes},
  year = {2026},
  author = {Sakai, Yusuke and Yamada, Shinya and Okada, Yuta and Takagi, T. and Usuki, Tomoya and Shidatsu, M. and Kobayashi, S. and Petre, Robert-Marian-Alexandru and Ueda, Y. and Uchiyama, H. and Tan, Miho and Kotani, T. and Igarashi, Taichi and Machida, Mami and Sakemi, H. and Kawai, Nobuyuki and Miura, Daiki and Yamaguchi, Hiroya and Fujiwara, Kanta and Hiramatsu, D. and Isogai, K. and Kang, Chulsoo and Kimura, Mariko and Murata, Katsuhiro L. and Nagayama, T. and Nakamoto, Taichi and Namekata, K. and Niida, Yuki and Niino, Y. and Niwano, M. and Oh, K. and Sako, S. and Sasada, M. and Suzuki, Hiromasa and Taguchi, K. and Takahashi, Ichiro and Uenishi, Miyuki and Yatsu, Y. and Yoshimoto, M.}
}

Abstract

We present results from coordinated multiwavelength observations of the SS 433, obtained with XRISM, optical telescopes, and near-infrared camera during 2024 April and 2025 March. The XRISM exposures amounted to ~200 ks in 2024 and ~100 ks in 2025. With XRISM/Resolve's high spectral resolution and large effective area, we clearly resolved numerous emission lines even in short time segments, achieving improved accuracy in Doppler-shift measurements relative to earlier observations. The simultaneously obtained X-ray and optical Doppler shifts suggest a possible tendency for the optical emission to lag slightly behind the X-rays. In the Resolve data, the Doppler shifts of the two jet components exhibited apparent asymmetries, with jet speeds fluctuating around ~0.26$\pm$0.01$c$ in 2024 and ~0.30$\pm$0.01$c$ in 2025. The velocity variations indicated modulations on a timescale of ~6.3 d, with a phase offset of about -90$^{\circ}$ relative to the nutation cycle. The observed line widths and flux of the approaching and receding jets appear consistent with the expected geometrical effects, indicating systematically larger line widths in the inner regions of the jets, as proposed by Shidatsu et al. (2025). Optical light curves show flares of ~400 s in 2024 and ~1600 s in 2025, with amplitudes up to ~15% during out-of-eclipse intervals, while the XRISM/Xtend light curves show no significant variability within the overlapping intervals and given the statistical uncertainties. Near-infrared photometry in 2024, obtained during an out-of-eclipse interval at a different epoch from the optical observations, showed no flare-like variability, and the X-ray band also remained constant within uncertainties. These coordinated observations provide a foundation for future XRISM studies aimed at probing the dynamical properties of the relativistic jets in SS 433.