The hard state of black hole candidates: XTEJ1752-223
The hard state of black hole candidates: XTEJ1752-223
We present a 2-day long Rossi X-ray Timing Explorer observation and simultaneous Swift data of the bright X-ray transient XTE J1752–223. Spectral and timing properties were stable during the observation. The energy spectrum is well described by a broken power law with a high-energy cut-off. A cold disc (?0.3 keV) is observed when Swift/X-Ray Telescope data are considered. The fractional root mean square amplitude of the aperiodic variability (0.002–128 Hz) is 48.2 ± 0.1 per cent, and it is not energy dependent. The continuum of the power density spectrum can be fitted by using four broad-band Lorentzians. A high-frequency (?21 Hz) component and two weak quasi-periodic oscillation-like features are also present. Time lags between soft and hard X-rays roughly follow the relation ?t???0.7, with delays dropping from ?0.5 (0.003 Hz) to ?0.0015 (?10 Hz) s. Our results are consistent with XTE J1752–223 being a black hole candidate, with all timing and spectral components very similar to those of Cyg X-1 during its canonical hard state.
accretion, accretion discs, black hole physics, binaries: close, stars: individual: XTEJ1752-223, X-rays: stars
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Munoz -Darias, T.
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Motta, S.
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Pawar, D.
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Belloni, T.M.
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Campana, S.
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Bhattacharya, D.
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May 2010
Munoz -Darias, T.
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Motta, S.
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Pawar, D.
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Belloni, T.M.
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Campana, S.
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Bhattacharya, D.
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Munoz -Darias, T., Motta, S., Pawar, D., Belloni, T.M., Campana, S. and Bhattacharya, D.
(2010)
The hard state of black hole candidates: XTEJ1752-223.
Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society: Letters, 404 (1), .
(doi:10.1111/j.1745-3933.2010.00842.x).
Abstract
We present a 2-day long Rossi X-ray Timing Explorer observation and simultaneous Swift data of the bright X-ray transient XTE J1752–223. Spectral and timing properties were stable during the observation. The energy spectrum is well described by a broken power law with a high-energy cut-off. A cold disc (?0.3 keV) is observed when Swift/X-Ray Telescope data are considered. The fractional root mean square amplitude of the aperiodic variability (0.002–128 Hz) is 48.2 ± 0.1 per cent, and it is not energy dependent. The continuum of the power density spectrum can be fitted by using four broad-band Lorentzians. A high-frequency (?21 Hz) component and two weak quasi-periodic oscillation-like features are also present. Time lags between soft and hard X-rays roughly follow the relation ?t???0.7, with delays dropping from ?0.5 (0.003 Hz) to ?0.0015 (?10 Hz) s. Our results are consistent with XTE J1752–223 being a black hole candidate, with all timing and spectral components very similar to those of Cyg X-1 during its canonical hard state.
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e-pub ahead of print date: 25 March 2010
Published date: May 2010
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accretion, accretion discs, black hole physics, binaries: close, stars: individual: XTEJ1752-223, X-rays: stars
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