我们能多好地测量超大质量黑洞的自旋？
How well can we measure supermassive black hole spin?
摘要：
超大质量黑洞的自旋是黑洞的两个基本性质之一，它对理解黑洞的吸积过程和星系演化具有重要意义。然而，在这些早期的自旋测量中，自旋约束的一致性和再现性一直是一个挑战。在这里，我们专注于活动星系核（AGN）的X射线光谱建模，检查我们如何才能真正返回已知的反射参数，如在标准条件下的自旋。我们已经创建并拟合了超过4000个模拟的Seyfert 1光谱，每个光谱具有375个$\pm$ 1 k计数。我们评估了反射分数为$R$ = 1以及反射主导活动星系核与$R$ = 5的拟合。我们还研究了允许适合搜索逆行旋转的后果。在一般情况下，我们发现，大多数参数被高估时，光谱被限制在2.5 - 10.0千电子伏的制度和模型是不敏感的内发射率指数和电离。当带通扩展到70 keV时，参数被更准确地估计。对$R$ = 5重复这一过程会降低我们测量光子指数的能力（$\sim$ 3到8%的误差和高估），但会提高所有其他参数的精度--最明显的是电离，对于低电离参数（$ξ$ $<$ 200 erg cm $\rm{s^{-1}}$），电离受到更好的约束（$\pm$ 45 erg cm $\rm{s^{-1}}$）。在所有的情况下，我们发现自旋参数只有最快速旋转的超大质量黑洞（即$a$ $>$ 0.8到大约$\pm$ 0.10）才能很好地测量，并且内部发射率指数从未得到很好的约束。允许我们的模型搜索逆行旋转并没有改善结果。
英文摘要：
Being one of only two fundamental properties black holes possess, the spin of supermassive black holes (SMBHs) is of great interest for understanding accretion processes and galaxy evolution. However, in these early days of spin measurements, consistency and reproducibility of spin constraints have been a challenge. Here we focus on X-ray spectral modelling of active galactic nuclei (AGN), examining how well we can truly return known reflection parameters such as spin under standard conditions. We have created and fit over 4000 simulated Seyfert 1 spectra each with 375$\pm$1k counts. We assess the fits with reflection fraction of $R$ = 1 as well as reflection-dominated AGN with $R$ = 5. We also examine the consequence of permitting fits to search for retrograde spin. In general, we discover that most parameters are over-estimated when spectroscopy is restricted to the 2.5 - 10.0 keV regime and that models are insensitive to inner emissivity index and ionization. When the bandpass is extended out to 70keV, parameters are more accurately estimated. Repeating the process for $R$ = 5 reduces our ability to measure photon index ($\sim$3 to 8 per cent error and overestimated), but increases precision in all other parameters -- most notably ionization, which becomes better constrained ($\pm$45 erg cm $\rm{s^{-1}}$) for low ionization parameters ($ξ$$<$200 erg cm $\rm{s^{-1}}$). In all cases, we find the spin parameter is only well measured for the most rapidly rotating supermassive black holes (i.e. $a$ $>$ 0.8 to about $\pm$0.10) and that inner emissivity index is never well constrained. Allowing our model to search for retrograde spin did not improve the results.
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