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2016ApJ...826L..12E - Astrophys. J., 826, L12-L12 (2016/July-3)

NuSTAR observations of the black hole GS 1354-645: evidence of rapid black hole spin.

EL-BATAL A.M., MILLER J.M., REYNOLDS M.T., BOGGS S.E., CHISTENSEN F.E., CRAIG W.W., FUERST F., HAILEY C.J., HARRISON F.A., STERN D.K., TOMSICK J., WALTON D.J. and ZHANG W.W.

Abstract (from CDS):

We present the results of a NuSTAR study of the dynamically confirmed stellar-mass black hole GS 1354-645. The source was observed during its 2015 "hard" state outburst; we concentrate on spectra from two relatively bright phases. In the higher-flux observation, the broadband NuSTAR spectra reveal a clear, strong disk reflection spectrum, blurred by a degree that requires a black hole spin of a={cJ}/{{GM}}^{2}\geqslant 0.98 ( 1σstatistical limits only). The fits also require a high inclination: θ≃75{(2)}^○ . Strong "dips" are sometimes observed in the X-ray light curves of sources viewed at such an angle; these are absent, perhaps indicating that dips correspond to flared disk structures that only manifest at higher accretion rates. In the lower flux observation, there is evidence of radial truncation of the thin accretion disk. We discuss these results in the context of spin in stellar-mass black holes, and inner accretion flow geometries at moderate accretion rates.

Abstract Copyright: © 2016. The American Astronomical Society. All rights reserved.

Journal keyword(s): accretion, accretion disks - black hole physics - X-rays: binaries

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