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2022MNRAS.514.3246J - Mon. Not. R. Astron. Soc., 514, 3246-3259 (2022/August-2)

Black hole spin measurements based on a thin disc model with finite thickness - I. An example study of MCG-06-30-15.

JIANG J., ABDIKAMALOV A.B., BAMBI C. and REYNOLDS C.S.

Abstract (from CDS):

We present a re-analysis of the XMM-Newton and NuSTAR observing campaigns for the well-studied, X-ray-bright AGN MCG-06-30-15. In particular, we consider a disc model with finite thickness. By fitting the disc reflection spectra in the data, we obtain a black hole spin of 0.87-0.99 (90 per cent confidence range) after taking the thickness of the disc into consideration. Spectral models with a grid of mass accretion rate from 0 to 30 percent {dot}MEdd are calculated for MCG-06-30-15. This result is obtained by considering a free disc reflection fraction parameter frefl and is consistent with previous measurements based on razor-thin disc models. Besides, an isotropic, point-like geometry, i.e. the 'lamppost' geometry, is assumed for the corona in our model. We find that such a geometry overestimates frefl in the data. Therefore, thin disc models with consistent 'lamppost' values of frefl provide a worse fit than ones with a free frefl parameter. We discuss possible reasons for the discrepancy between the observed and theoretical values of frefl at the end of the paper. Modifications for the over-simplified lamppost model might be needed when the thickness of the thin disc is considered in future work.

Abstract Copyright: © 2022 The Author(s) Published by Oxford University Press on behalf of Royal Astronomical Society

Journal keyword(s): accretion, accretion discs - black hole physics - galaxies: Seyfert - X-rays: galaxies

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