Determining the spin of two stellar-mass black holes from disc reflection signatures
dc.contributor.author | Reis, R. C. | en_US |
dc.contributor.author | Fabian, A. C. | en_US |
dc.contributor.author | Ross, R. R. | en_US |
dc.contributor.author | Miller, J. M. | en_US |
dc.date.accessioned | 2010-06-01T18:11:24Z | |
dc.date.available | 2010-06-01T18:11:24Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2009-05-21 | en_US |
dc.identifier.citation | Reis, R. C.; Fabian, A. C.; Ross, R. R.; Miller, J. M. (2009). "Determining the spin of two stellar-mass black holes from disc reflection signatures." Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society 395(3): 1257-1264. <http://hdl.handle.net/2027.42/71401> | en_US |
dc.identifier.issn | 0035-8711 | en_US |
dc.identifier.issn | 1365-2966 | en_US |
dc.identifier.uri | https://hdl.handle.net/2027.42/71401 | |
dc.description.abstract | We present measurements of the dimensionless spin parameters and inner-disc inclination of two stellar-mass black holes. The spin parameter of SWIFT J1753.5−0127 and GRO J1655−40 is estimated by modelling the strong reflection signatures present in their XMM–Newton observations. Using a newly developed, self-consistent reflection model which includes the blackbody radiation of the disc as well as the effect of Comptonization, blurred with a relativistic line function, we infer the spin parameter of SWIFT J1753.5−0127 to be 0.76 +0.11 −0.15 . The inclination of this system is estimated at 55° +2 −7 . For GRO J1655−40, we find that the disc is significantly misaligned to the orbital plane, with an innermost inclination of 30° +5 −10 . Allowing the inclination to be a free parameter, we find a lower limit for the spin of 0.90, this value increases to that of a maximal rotating black hole when the inclination is set to that of the orbital plane of J1655−40. Our technique is independent of the black hole mass and distance, uncertainties in which are among the main contributors to the spin uncertainty in previous works. | en_US |
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dc.publisher | Blackwell Publishing Ltd | en_US |
dc.rights | Journal compilation © 2009 RAS | en_US |
dc.subject.other | Accretion, Accretion Discs | en_US |
dc.subject.other | Black Hole Physics | en_US |
dc.subject.other | X-rays: Individual: J1753.5−0127, J1655−40 | en_US |
dc.title | Determining the spin of two stellar-mass black holes from disc reflection signatures | en_US |
dc.type | Article | en_US |
dc.subject.hlbsecondlevel | Astronomy | en_US |
dc.subject.hlbtoplevel | Science | en_US |
dc.description.peerreviewed | Peer Reviewed | en_US |
dc.contributor.affiliationum | Department of Astronomy, University of Michigan, 500 Church Street, Ann Arbor, MI 48109, USA | en_US |
dc.contributor.affiliationother | Institute of Astronomy, Madingley Road, Cambridge, CB3 0HA | en_US |
dc.contributor.affiliationother | Physics Department, College of the Holy Cross, Worcester, MA 01610, USA | en_US |
dc.description.bitstreamurl | http://deepblue.lib.umich.edu/bitstream/2027.42/71401/1/j.1365-2966.2009.14622.x.pdf | |
dc.identifier.doi | 10.1111/j.1365-2966.2009.14622.x | en_US |
dc.identifier.source | Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society | en_US |
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