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A systematic look at the very high and low/hard state of GX 339−4: constraining the black hole spin with a new reflection model

dc.contributor.authorReis, R. C.en_US
dc.contributor.authorFabian, A. C.en_US
dc.contributor.authorRoss, R. R.en_US
dc.contributor.authorMiniutti, G.en_US
dc.contributor.authorMiller, J. M.en_US
dc.contributor.authorReynolds, Chrisen_US
dc.date.accessioned2010-06-01T18:46:35Z
dc.date.available2010-06-01T18:46:35Z
dc.date.issued2008-07-11en_US
dc.identifier.citationReis, R. C.; Fabian, A. C.; Ross, R. R.; Miniutti, G.; Miller, J. M.; Reynolds, C. (2008). "A systematic look at the very high and low/hard state of GX 339−4: constraining the black hole spin with a new reflection model." Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society 387(4): 1489-1498. <http://hdl.handle.net/2027.42/71973>en_US
dc.identifier.issn0035-8711en_US
dc.identifier.issn1365-2966en_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/2027.42/71973
dc.description.abstractWe present a systematic study of GX 339−4 in both its very high and low hard states from simultaneous observations made with XMM–Newton and RXTE in 2002 and 2004. The X-ray spectra of both these extreme states exhibit strong reflection signatures, with a broad, skewed Fe KΑ line clearly visible above the continuum. Using a newly developed, self-consistent reflection model which implicitly includes the blackbody radiation of the disc as well as the effect of Comptonization, blurred with a relativistic line function, we were able to infer the spin parameter of GX 339−4 to be 0.935 ± 0.01 (statistical) ±0.01 (systematic) at 90 per cent confidence. We find that both states are consistent with an ionized thin accretion disc extending to the innermost stable circular orbit around the rapidly spinning black hole.en_US
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dc.publisherBlackwell Publishing Ltden_US
dc.rightsJournal compilation © 2008 RASen_US
dc.subject.otherAccretion, Accretion Discen_US
dc.subject.otherBlack Hole Physicsen_US
dc.subject.otherX-rays: Individual: GX 339−4en_US
dc.titleA systematic look at the very high and low/hard state of GX 339−4: constraining the black hole spin with a new reflection modelen_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.contributor.affiliationotherDepartment of Astronomy, The University of Maryland, College Park, MD 20742, USAen_US
dc.contributor.affiliationotherLaboratoire Astroparticule et Cosmologie (APC), UMR 7164, 10 Rue A. Domon et L. Duquet, 75205 Paris, Franceen_US
dc.description.bitstreamurlhttp://deepblue.lib.umich.edu/bitstream/2027.42/71973/1/j.1365-2966.2008.13358.x.pdf
dc.identifier.doi10.1111/j.1365-2966.2008.13358.xen_US
dc.identifier.sourceMonthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Societyen_US
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