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超大质量黑洞最内层稳定圆轨道的测量

Measuring the Innermost Stable Circular Orbits of Supermassive Black Holes

G. Chartas, H. Krawczynski, L. Zalesky, C. S. Kochanek, X. Dai, C. W. Morgan, A. Mosquera

摘要:

本文提出了一种测量超大质量黑洞的倾斜角(i)、最内层稳定圆轨道(ISCO)和自旋的新方法--g分布法。g-分布方法使用的相对论铁线的能量变化的测量所发射的吸积盘的超大质量黑洞由于微透镜的恒星在前景星系相对于g-分布的变化预测从微透镜焦散计算。我们将该方法应用于引力透镜类星体RX J1131-1231(z_s=0.658,z_l=0.295),QJ 0158-4325(z_s=1.294,z_l=0.317)和SDSS 1004+4112(z_s=1.734,z_l=0.68)。对于RX J1131-1231,我们的初步结果表明,r_ISCO<8.5引力半径(r_g),i > 76度。我们检测到两个移动Fe线,在几个观察,在我们的数值模拟焦散交叉预测。目前RX J1131-1231的Δ E分布是稀疏采样的,但对RX J1131-1231和其他透镜类星体的进一步X射线监测将提供对遥远类星体的黑洞的倾斜角、ISCO半径和自旋的改进约束。

英文摘要:

We present a promising new technique, the g-distribution method, for measuring the inclination angle (i), the innermost stable circular orbit (ISCO), and the spin of a supermassive black hole. The g-distribution method uses measurements of the energy shifts in the relativistic iron line emitted by the accretion disk of a supermassive black hole due to microlensing by stars in a foreground galaxy relative to the g-distribution shifts predicted from microlensing caustic calculations. We apply the method to the gravitationally lensed quasars RX J1131-1231 (z_s=0.658, z_l=0.295), QJ 0158-4325 (z_s=1.294, z_l=0.317), and SDSS 1004+4112 (z_s=1.734, z_l=0.68). For RX J1131-1231 our initial results indicate that r_ISCO<8.5 gravitational radii (r_g) and i > 76 degrees. We detect two shifted Fe lines, in several observations, as predicted in our numerical simulations of caustic crossings. The current DeltaE-distribution of RX J1131-1231 is sparsely sampled but further X-ray monitoring of RX J1131-1231 and other lensed quasars will provide improved constraints on the inclination angles, ISCO radii and spins of the black holes of distant quasars.

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