Determining the spin of two stellar-mass black holes from disk reflection signatures

dc.creatorReis, R. C.
dc.creatorFabian, A. C.
dc.creatorRoss, R. R.
dc.creatorMiller, J. M.
dc.date2009-02-10
dc.date.accessioned2026-07-07T12:40:28Z
dc.date.available2026-07-07T12:40:28Z
dc.descriptionWe present measurements of the dimensionless spin parameters and inner-disk inclination of two stellar mass black holes. The spin parameter of SWIFT J1753.5-0127 and GRO J1655-40 are estimated by modelling the strong reflection signatures present in their XMM-Newton observations. Using a newly developed, self-consistent reflection model which includes the blackbody radiation of the disk as well as the effect of Comptonisation, blurred with a relativistic line function, we infer the spin parameter of SWIFT J1753.5-0127 to be 0.76 +0.11-0.15. The inclination of this system is estimated at 55+2-7 degrees. For GRO J1655-40 we find that the disk is significantly misaligned to the orbital plane, with an innermost inclination of 30+5-10 degrees. Allowing the inclination to be a free parameter we find a lower limit for the spin of 0.90, this value increases to that of a maximal rotating black hole when the inclination is set to that of the orbital plane of J1655-40. Our technique is independent of the black hole mass and distance, uncertainties in which are among the main contributors to the spin uncertainty in previous works.
dc.descriptionAccepted for publication in MNRAS, 9 pages, 11 figures
dc.identifierhttps://arxiv.org/abs/0902.1745
dc.identifierhttp://arxiv.org/abs/0902.1745
dc.identifier.urihttp://salesiana.dossiersoluciones.com/handle/123456789/219454
dc.subjectHigh Energy Astrophysical Phenomena
dc.titleDetermining the spin of two stellar-mass black holes from disk reflection signatures
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