X-Ray Polarization of the Black Hole X-Ray Binary 4U 1630-47 Challenges the Standard Thin Accretion Disk Scenario

被引:19
作者
Ratheesh, Ajay [1 ]
Dovciak, Michal [2 ]
Krawczynski, Henric [3 ,4 ]
Podgorny, Jakub [2 ,5 ,6 ]
Marra, Lorenzo [7 ]
Veledina, Alexandra [8 ,9 ,10 ]
Suleimanov, Valery F. [11 ]
Cavero, Nicole Rodriguez [3 ,4 ]
Steiner, James F. [12 ]
Svoboda, Jiri [2 ]
Marinucci, Andrea [13 ]
Bianchi, Stefano [7 ]
Negro, Michela [14 ,15 ,16 ]
Matt, Giorgio [7 ]
Tombesi, Francesco [17 ,18 ,19 ]
Poutanen, Juri [8 ]
Ingram, Adam [20 ]
Taverna, Roberto [21 ]
West, Andrew [3 ,4 ]
Karas, Vladimir [2 ]
Ursini, Francesco [7 ]
Soffitta, Paolo [1 ]
Capitanio, Fiamma [1 ]
Viscolo, Domenico [22 ]
Manfreda, Alberto [23 ]
Muleri, Fabio [1 ]
Parra, Maxime [7 ,24 ]
Beheshtipour, Banafsheh [3 ,4 ]
Chun, Sohee [3 ,4 ]
Cibrario, Nicolo [25 ,26 ]
Di Lalla, Niccolo [27 ,28 ]
Fabiani, Sergio [1 ]
Hu, Kun [3 ,4 ]
Kaaret, Philip [29 ]
Loktev, Vladislav [8 ]
Mikusincova, Romana [7 ]
Mizuno, Tsunefumi [30 ]
Omodei, Nicola [27 ,28 ]
Petrucci, Pierre-Olivier [24 ]
Puccetti, Simonetta [31 ]
Rankin, John [1 ]
Zane, Silvia [32 ]
Zhang, Sixuan [30 ]
Agudo, Ivan [33 ]
Antonelli, Lucio A. [31 ,34 ]
Bachetti, Matteo [35 ]
Baldini, Luca [22 ,36 ]
Baumgartner, Wayne H. [29 ]
Bellazzini, Ronaldo [22 ]
Bongiorno, Stephen D. [29 ]
机构
[1] INAF, Ist Astrofis & Planetol Spaziali, Via Fosso del Cavaliere 100, I-00133 Rome, Italy
[2] Czech Acad Sci, Astron Inst, Bocni II 1401-1, Prague 14100 4, Czech Republic
[3] Washington Univ, Dept Phys, St Louis, MO 63130 USA
[4] Washington Univ, McDonnell Ctr Space Sci, St Louis, MO 63130 USA
[5] Univ Strasbourg, CNRS, Observ Astronom Strasbourg, UMR 7550, F-67000 Strasbourg, France
[6] Charles Univ Prague, Astron Inst, V Holesovickach 2, CZ-18000 Prague, Czech Republic
[7] Univ Roma Tre, Dipartimento Matemat & Fis, Via Vasca Navale 84, I-00146 Rome, Italy
[8] Univ Turku, Dept Phys & Astron, Turku 20014, Finland
[9] KTH Royal Inst Technol, NORDITA, Hannes Alfvens Vag 12, SE-10691 Stockholm, Sweden
[10] Stockholm Univ, Hannes Alfvens Vag 12, SE-10691 Stockholm, Sweden
[11] Univ Tubingen, Inst Astron & Astrophys, Sand 1, D-72076 Tubingen, Germany
[12] Ctr Astrophys Harvard & Smithsonian, 60 Garden St, Cambridge, MA 02138 USA
[13] ASI Agenzia Spaziale Italiana, Via Politecn Snc, I-00133 Rome, Italy
[14] Univ Maryland Baltimore Cty, Baltimore, MD 21250 USA
[15] NASA, Goddard Space Flight Ctr, Greenbelt, MD 20771 USA
[16] NASA, Ctr Res & Explorat Space Sci & Technol, GSFC, Greenbelt, MD 20771 USA
[17] Univ Roma Tor Vergata, Dipartimento Fis, Via Ric Sci 1, I-00133 Rome, Italy
[18] Univ Roma Tor Vergata, Ist Nazl Fis Nucl, Via Ric Sci 1, I-00133 Rome, Italy
[19] Univ Maryland, Dept Astron, College Pk, MD 20742 USA
[20] Newcastle Univ, Sch Math Stat & Phys, Newcastle Upon Tyne NE1 7RU, Tyne & Wear, England
[21] Univ Padua, Dipartimento Fis & Astron, Via Marzolo 8, I-35131 Padua, Italy
[22] Ist Nazl Fis Nucl, Sez Pisa, Largo B Pontecorvo 3, I-56127 Pisa, Italy
[23] Ist Nazl Fis Nucl, Sez Napoli, Str Comunale Cinthia, I-80126 Naples, Italy
[24] Univ Grenoble Alpes, CNRS, IPAG, F-38000 Grenoble, France
[25] Ist Nazl Fis Nucl, Sez Torino, Via Pietro Giuria 1, I-10125 Turin, Italy
[26] Univ Torino, Dipartimento Fis, Via Pietro Giuria 1, I-10125 Turin, Italy
[27] Stanford Univ, Dept Phys, Stanford, CA 94305 USA
[28] Stanford Univ, Kavli Inst Particle Astrophys & Cosmol, Stanford, CA 94305 USA
[29] NASA, Marshall Space Flight Ctr, Huntsville, AL 35812 USA
[30] Hiroshima Univ, Hiroshima Astrophys Sci Ctr, 1-3-1 Kagamiyama, Higashihiroshima, Hiroshima 7398526, Japan
[31] Agenzia Spaziale Italiana, Space Sci Data Ctr, Via Politecn Snc, I-00133 Rome, Italy
[32] Univ Coll London, Mullard Space Sci Lab, Dorking RH5 6NT, Surrey, England
[33] CSIC, Inst Astrofis Andalucia, Glorieta Astronomia S-N, Granada 18008, Spain
[34] INAF, Osservatorio Astron Roma, Via Frascati 33, I-00078 Monte Porzio Catone, RM, Italy
[35] INAF, Osservatorio Astron Cagliari, Via Scienza 5, I-09047 Selargius, CA, Italy
[36] Univ Pisa, Dipartimento Fis, Largo B Pontecorvo 3, I-56127 Pisa, Italy
[37] INAF, Osservatorio Astrofis Arcetri, Largo Enrico Fermi 5, I-50125 Florence, Italy
[38] Univ Firenze, Dipartimento Fis & Astron, Via Sansone 1, I-50019 Sesto Fiorentino, FI, Italy
[39] Ist Nazl Fis Nucl, Sez Firenze, Via Sansone 1, I-50019 Sesto Fiorentino, FI, Italy
[40] Univ Space Res Assoc, Inst Sci & Technol, Huntsville, AL 35805 USA
[41] RIKEN Cluster Pioneering Res, 2-1 Hirosawa, Wako, Saitama 3510198, Japan
[42] CALTECH, Pasadena, CA 91125 USA
[43] Yamagata Univ, 1-4-12 Kojirakawa Machi, Yamagata 9908560, Japan
[44] Osaka Univ, 1-1 Yamadaoka, Suita, Osaka 5650871, Japan
[45] Univ British Columbia, Vancouver, BC V6T 1Z4, Canada
[46] Chiba Univ, Int Ctr Hadron Astrophys, Chiba 2638522, Japan
[47] Boston Univ, Inst Astrophys Res, 725 Commonwealth Ave, Boston, MA 02215 USA
[48] St Petersburg State Univ, Dept Astrophys, Univ Sky Pr 28, St Petersburg 198504, Russia
[49] Univ New Hampshire, Dept Phys & Astron, Durham, NH 03824 USA
[50] Univ New Hampshire, Ctr Space Sci, Durham, NH 03824 USA
基金
美国国家航空航天局; 芬兰科学院;
关键词
ACTIVE GALACTIC NUCLEI; UV POLARIZATION; GAMMA-RAY; SPECTRA; EMISSION; WINDS; NICER; ABSORPTION; STATE; AGNS;
D O I
10.3847/1538-4357/ad226e
中图分类号
P1 [天文学];
学科分类号
0704 ;
摘要
A large energy-dependent X-ray polarization degree is detected by the Imaging X-ray Polarimetry Explorer (IXPE) in the high-soft emission state of the black hole X-ray binary 4U 1630-47. The highly significant detection (at approximate to 50 sigma confidence level) of an unexpectedly high polarization, rising from similar to 6% at 2 keV to similar to 10% at 8 keV, cannot be easily reconciled with standard models of thin accretion disks. In this work, we compare the predictions of different theoretical models with the IXPE data and conclude that the observed polarization properties are compatible with a scenario in which matter accretes onto the black hole through a thin disk covered by a partially ionized atmosphere flowing away at mildly relativistic velocities.
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