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Determining the spin of two stellar-mass black holes from disc reflection signatures
dc.contributor.authorReis, R. C.en_US
dc.contributor.authorFabian, A. C.en_US
dc.contributor.authorRoss, R. R.en_US
dc.contributor.authorMiller, J. M.en_US
dc.date.accessioned2010-06-01T18:11:24Z
dc.date.available2010-06-01T18:11:24Z
dc.date.issued2009-05-21en_US
dc.identifier.citationReis, 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.issn0035-8711en_US
dc.identifier.issn1365-2966en_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/2027.42/71401
dc.description.abstractWe 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.publisherBlackwell Publishing Ltden_US
dc.rightsJournal compilation © 2009 RASen_US
dc.subject.otherAccretion, Accretion Discsen_US
dc.subject.otherBlack Hole Physicsen_US
dc.subject.otherX-rays: Individual: J1753.5−0127, J1655−40en_US
dc.titleDetermining the spin of two stellar-mass black holes from disc reflection signaturesen_US
dc.typeArticleen_US
dc.subject.hlbsecondlevelAstronomyen_US
dc.subject.hlbtoplevelScienceen_US
dc.description.peerreviewedPeer Revieweden_US
dc.contributor.affiliationumDepartment of Astronomy, University of Michigan, 500 Church Street, Ann Arbor, MI 48109, USAen_US
dc.contributor.affiliationotherInstitute of Astronomy, Madingley Road, Cambridge, CB3 0HAen_US
dc.contributor.affiliationotherPhysics Department, College of the Holy Cross, Worcester, MA 01610, USAen_US
dc.description.bitstreamurlhttp://deepblue.lib.umich.edu/bitstream/2027.42/71401/1/j.1365-2966.2009.14622.x.pdf
dc.identifier.doi10.1111/j.1365-2966.2009.14622.xen_US
dc.identifier.sourceMonthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Societyen_US
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