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NGC 4472球状星团黑洞的多历元光谱

Multi-epoch spectroscopy of the globular cluster black hole in NGC 4472

I. C. Shih, T. J. Maccarone, A. Kundu, S. E. Zepf

摘要:

本文研究了椭圆星系NGC 4472中一个球状星团中的高变X射线黑洞的X射线光谱性质。在其明亮的时代的源的XMM-牛顿谱是很好地描述了一个多黑体模型的特征温度$kT_{in}\approx$ 0.2 keV。在XMM数据之前3.5年获得的源的档案钱德拉观测的光谱给出了黑体参数的类似估计。我们确认,较暗的间隔的XMM-牛顿观测有一个光谱,这是一致的较亮的时代,除了一个额外的水平的前景吸收。我们还考虑了其他可能的机制的可变性。基于X射线通量下降的时间尺度和X射线发射区的估计大小,我们认为食伴是极不可能的。我们发现,最有可能的手段,生产的吸收变化所观察到的时间尺度是通过部分遮蔽的旋进翘曲吸积盘。

英文摘要:

We present a study of the X-ray spectral properties of the highly variable X-ray emitting black hole in a globular cluster in the elliptical galaxy NGC 4472. The XMM-Newton spectrum of the source in its bright epoch is well described by a multiple blackbody model with a characteristic temperature $kT_{in}\approx$ 0.2 keV. The spectrum of an archival Chandra observation of the source obtained 3.5 years before the XMM data gives similar estimates for the blackbody parameters. We confirm that the fainter interval of the XMM-Newton observation has a spectrum that is consistent with the brighter epoch, except for an additional level of foreground absorption. We also consider other possible mechanisms for the variability. Based on the timescale of the X-ray flux decline and the estimated size of the X-ray emission region we argue that an eclipsing companion is highly unlikely. We find the most likely means of producing the absorption changes on the observed timescale is through partial obscuration by a precessing warped accretion disk.

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