  We present new results from a multi-wavelength (radio/infrared/optical/X-ray)
study of the black hole X-ray binary GRO J1655-40 during its 2005 outburst. We
detected, for the first time, mid-infrared emission at 24 um from the compact
jet of a black hole X-ray binary during its hard state, when the source shows
emission from a radio compact jet as well as a strong non-thermal hard X-ray
component. These detections strongly constrain the optically thick part of the
synchrotron spectrum of the compact jet, which is consistent with being flat
over four orders of magnitude in frequency. Moreover, using this unprecedented
coverage, and especially thanks to the new Spitzer observations, we can test
broadband disk and jet models during the hard state. Two of the hard state
broadband spectra are reasonably well fitted using a jet model with parameters
overall similar to those previously found for Cyg X-1 and GX 339-4. Differences
are also present; most notably, the jet power in GRO J1655-40 appears to be a
factor of at least ~3-5 higher (depending on the distance) than that of Cyg X-1
and GX 339-4 at comparable disk luminosities. Furthermore, a few discrepancies
between the model and the data, previously not found for the other two black
hole systems for which there was no mid-IR/IR and optical coverage, are
evident, and will help to constrain and refine theoretical models.
