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Title: The accreting black hole Swift J1753.5–0127 from radio to hard X-ray

Journal Article · · Astrophysical Journal
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  1. Space Sciences Laboratory, 7 Gauss Way, University of California, Berkeley, CA 94720-7450 (United States)
  2. European Southern Observatory, Karl Schwarzschild-Strasse 2, D-85748 Garching bei Munchen (Germany)
  3. Astrophysics, Department of Physics, University of Oxford, Keble Road, Oxford OX1 3RH (United Kingdom)
  4. International Centre for Radio Astronomy Research, Curtin University, GPO Box U1987, Perth, WA 6845 (Australia)
  5. California Institute of Technology, 1200 East California Boulevard, Pasadena, CA 91125 (United States)
  6. Solar-Terrestrial Environment Laboratory, Nagoya University, Furocho, Chikusa-ku, Nagoya, Aichi 464-8601 (Japan)
  7. Hiroshima Astrophysical Science Center, Hiroshima University, Kagamiyama, Higashi-Hiroshima, Hiroshima 739-8526 (Japan)
  8. Laboratoire AIM (CEA/IRFU—CNRS/INSU—Université Paris Diderot), CEA DSM/IRFU/SAp, F-91191 Gif-sur-Yvette (France)
  9. Institut de Recherche en Astrophysique et Planétologie (IRAP), 9 Avenue du Colonel Roche, F-31028 Toulouse Cedex 4 (France)
  10. Department of Physics, University of Durham, South Road, Durham DH1 3LE (United Kingdom)
  11. School of Physics and Astronomy, University of Southampton, Highfield, Southampton SO17 1BJ (United Kingdom)
  12. Department of Mathematics and Science National Taiwan Normal University, Lin-kou District, New Taipei City 24449, Taiwan (China)
  13. Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Iowa, Van Allen Hall, Iowa City, IA 52242 (United States)
  14. Sabanci University, Orhanli-Tuzla, Istanbul, 34956 (Turkey)

We report on multiwavelength measurements of the accreting black hole Swift J1753.5–0127 in the hard state at low luminosity (L ∼ 2.7 × 10{sup 36} erg s{sup −1} assuming a distance of d = 3 kpc) in 2014 April. The radio emission is optically thick synchrotron, presumably from a compact jet. We take advantage of the low extinction (E(B−V)=0.45 from earlier work) and model the near-IR to UV emission with a multitemperature disk model. Assuming a black hole mass of M{sub BH} = 5 M{sub ⊙} and a system inclination of i = 40°, the fits imply an inner radius for the disk of R{sub in}/R{sub g} > 212d{sub 3}(M{sub BH}/5 M{sub ⊙}){sup −1}, where R{sub g} is the gravitational radius of the black hole and d{sub 3} is the distance to the source in units of 3 kpc. The outer radius is R{sub out}/R{sub g}=90,000 d{sub 3}(M{sub BH}/5 M{sub ⊙}){sup −1}, which corresponds to 6.6 × 10{sup 10} d{sub 3} cm, consistent with the expected size of the disk given previous measurements of the size of the companion's Roche lobe. The 0.5–240 keV energy spectrum measured by Swift/X-ray Telescope (XRT), Suzaku (XIS, PIN, and GSO), and Nuclear Spectroscopic Telescope Array is relatively well characterized by an absorbed power law with a photon index of Γ = 1.722 ± 0.003 (90% confidence error), but a significant improvement is seen when a second continuum component is added. Reflection is a possibility, but no iron line is detected, implying a low iron abundance. We are able to fit the entire (radio to 240 keV) spectral energy distribution (SED) with a multitemperature disk component, a Comptonization component, and a broken power law, representing the emission from the compact jet. The broken power law cannot significantly contribute to the soft X-ray emission, and this may be related to why Swift J1753.5–0127 is an outlier in the radio/X-ray correlation. The broken power law (i.e., the jet) might dominate above 20 keV, which would constrain the break frequency to be between 2.4 × 10{sup 10} and 3.6 × 10{sup 12} Hz. Although the fits to the full SED do not include significant thermal emission in the X-ray band, previous observations have consistently seen such a component, and we find that there is evidence at the 3.1σ level for a disk-blackbody component with a temperature of kT{sub in}=150{sub −20}{sup +30} eV and an inner radius of 5R{sub g}–14R{sub g}. If this component is real, it might imply the presence of an inner optically thick accretion disk in addition to the strongly truncated (R{sub in}> 212R{sub g}) disk. We also perform X-ray timing analysis, and the power spectrum is dominated by a Lorentzian component with ν{sub max} = 0.110 ± 0.003 Hz and ν{sub max} = 0.16 ± 0.04 Hz as measured by XIS and XRT, respectively.

OSTI ID:
22882807
Journal Information:
Astrophysical Journal, Vol. 808, Issue 1; Other Information: Country of input: International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA); Since 2009, the country of publication for this journal is the UK.; ISSN 0004-637X
Country of Publication:
United Kingdom
Language:
English