AN EXTREME X-RAY DISK WIND IN THE BLACK HOLE CANDIDATE IGR J17091-3624

King, A L; Miller, J M; Maitra, D; Raymond, J; Fabian, A C; Cackett, E M; Reynolds, C S; Kallman, T R

doi:10.1088/2041-8205/746/2/L20

Title: AN EXTREME X-RAY DISK WIND IN THE BLACK HOLE CANDIDATE IGR J17091-3624

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Chandra spectroscopy of transient stellar-mass black holes in outburst has clearly revealed accretion disk winds in soft, disk-dominated states, in apparent anti-correlation with relativistic jets in low/hard states. These disk winds are observed to be highly ionized, dense, and to have typical velocities of {approx}1000 km s{sup -1} or less projected along our line of sight. Here, we present an analysis of two Chandra High Energy Transmission Grating spectra of the Galactic black hole candidate IGR J17091-3624 and contemporaneous Expanded Very Large Array (EVLA) radio observations, obtained in 2011. The second Chandra observation reveals an absorption line at 6.91 {+-} 0.01 keV; associating this line with He-like Fe XXV requires a blueshift of 9300{sup +500}{sub -400} km s{sup -1} (0.03c, or the escape velocity at 1000 R{sub Schw}). This projected outflow velocity is an order of magnitude higher than has previously been observed in stellar-mass black holes, and is broadly consistent with some of the fastest winds detected in active galactic nuclei. A potential feature at 7.32 keV, if due to Fe XXVI, would imply a velocity of {approx}14, 600 km s{sup -1} (0.05c), but this putative feature is marginal. Photoionization modeling suggests that the accretion disk wind in IGRmore »« less

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King, A L; Miller, J M; Maitra, D ^[1]; Raymond, J ^[2]; Fabian, A C; Cackett, E M ^[3]; Reynolds, C S ^[4]; Kallman, T R ^[5]

Department of Astronomy, University of Michigan, 500 Church Street, Ann Arbor, MI 48109-1042 (United States)
Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory, 60 Garden Street, Cambridge, MA 02138 (United States)
Institute of Astronomy, University of Cambridge, Madingley Road, Cambridge, CB3 OHA (United Kingdom)
Department of Astronomy, University of Maryland, College Park, MD 20742 (United States)
Laboratory for High Energy Astrophysics, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Code 662, Greenbelt, MD 20771 (United States)

Publication Date:: Mon Feb 20 00:00:00 EST 2012

OSTI Identifier:: 22048035

Resource Type:: Journal Article

Journal Name:: Astrophysical Journal Letters

Additional Journal Information:: Journal Volume: 746; Journal Issue: 2; Other Information: Country of input: International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA); Journal ID: ISSN 2041-8205

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

Subject:: 79 ASTROPHYSICS, COSMOLOGY AND ASTRONOMY; ABSORPTION; ACCRETION DISKS; ASTROPHYSICS; BLACK HOLES; CORRELATIONS; GALAXY NUCLEI; IRON IONS; JETS; KEV RANGE; MASS; PHOTOIONIZATION; POTENTIALS; RELATIVISTIC RANGE; SCHWARZSCHILD RADIUS; TRANSIENTS; VELOCITY; X RADIATION

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                    King, A L, Miller, J M, Maitra, D, Raymond, J, Fabian, A C, Cackett, E M, Reynolds, C S, Kallman, T R, and Rupen, M. P., E-mail: ashking@umich.edu. AN EXTREME X-RAY DISK WIND IN THE BLACK HOLE CANDIDATE IGR J17091-3624.  United States: N. p., 2012. 
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                    King, A L, Miller, J M, Maitra, D, Raymond, J, Fabian, A C, Cackett, E M, Reynolds, C S, Kallman, T R, & Rupen, M. P., E-mail: ashking@umich.edu. AN EXTREME X-RAY DISK WIND IN THE BLACK HOLE CANDIDATE IGR J17091-3624.  United States.  https://doi.org/10.1088/2041-8205/746/2/L20

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                    King, A L, Miller, J M, Maitra, D, Raymond, J, Fabian, A C, Cackett, E M, Reynolds, C S, Kallman, T R, and Rupen, M. P., E-mail: ashking@umich.edu. 2012.  
        "AN EXTREME X-RAY DISK WIND IN THE BLACK HOLE CANDIDATE IGR J17091-3624".  United States.  https://doi.org/10.1088/2041-8205/746/2/L20.

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@article{osti_22048035,

  title        = {AN EXTREME X-RAY DISK WIND IN THE BLACK HOLE CANDIDATE IGR J17091-3624},

  author       = {King, A L and Miller, J M and Maitra, D and Raymond, J and Fabian, A C and Cackett, E M and Reynolds, C S and Kallman, T R and Rupen, M. P., E-mail: ashking@umich.edu},

  abstractNote = {Chandra spectroscopy of transient stellar-mass black holes in outburst has clearly revealed accretion disk winds in soft, disk-dominated states, in apparent anti-correlation with relativistic jets in low/hard states. These disk winds are observed to be highly ionized, dense, and to have typical velocities of {approx}1000 km s{sup -1} or less projected along our line of sight. Here, we present an analysis of two Chandra High Energy Transmission Grating spectra of the Galactic black hole candidate IGR J17091-3624 and contemporaneous Expanded Very Large Array (EVLA) radio observations, obtained in 2011. The second Chandra observation reveals an absorption line at 6.91 {+-} 0.01 keV; associating this line with He-like Fe XXV requires a blueshift of 9300{sup +500}{sub -400} km s{sup -1} (0.03c, or the escape velocity at 1000 R{sub Schw}). This projected outflow velocity is an order of magnitude higher than has previously been observed in stellar-mass black holes, and is broadly consistent with some of the fastest winds detected in active galactic nuclei. A potential feature at 7.32 keV, if due to Fe XXVI, would imply a velocity of {approx}14, 600 km s{sup -1} (0.05c), but this putative feature is marginal. Photoionization modeling suggests that the accretion disk wind in IGR J17091-3624 may originate within 43,300 Schwarzschild radii of the black hole and may be expelling more gas than it accretes. The contemporaneous EVLA observations strongly indicate that jet activity was indeed quenched at the time of our Chandra observations. We discuss the results in the context of disk winds, jets, and basic accretion disk physics in accreting black hole systems.},

  doi          = {10.1088/2041-8205/746/2/L20},

  url          = {https://www.osti.gov/biblio/22048035},
  journal      = {Astrophysical Journal Letters},

  issn         = {2041-8205},

  number       = 2,

  volume       = 746,

  place        = {United States},

  year         = {Mon Feb 20 00:00:00 EST 2012},

  month        = {Mon Feb 20 00:00:00 EST 2012}

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