2025ApJ...994..218F -
Astrophys. J., 994, 218 (2025/December-1)
Probing Accretion Disk Winds of Stratified Nature with Fe XXVI Doublet in Black Hole X-Ray Binaries.
FUKUMURA K., OGAWA S., TANIMOTO A., TOMBESI F., LUMINARI A., PARRA M., SHIDATSU M., GU L. and BEHAR E.
Abstract (from CDS):
Powerful ionized accretion disk winds are often observed during episodic outbursts in Galactic black hole transients. Among those X-ray absorbers, Fe XXVI doublet structure (Lyα1+Lyα2 with ∼20 eV apart) has a unique potential to better probe the underlying physical nature of the wind, i.e., density and kinematics. We demonstrate, based on a physically motivated magnetic disk wind scenario of a stratified structure in density and velocity, that the doublet line profile can be effectively utilized as a diagnostic to measure wind density and associated velocity dispersion (due to thermal turbulence and/or dynamical shear motion in winds). Our simulated doublet spectra with postprocess radiative transfer calculations indicate that the profile can be (1) broad with a single peak for higher-velocity dispersion (≳5000 km s–1), (2) a standard shape with 1:2 canonical flux ratio for moderate dispersion (∼1000-5000 km s–1), or (3) double-peaked with its flux ratio approaching 1:1 for lower-velocity dispersion (≲1000 km s–1) in an optically thin regime, allowing various line shapes. Such a diversity in doublet profiles is indeed unambiguously seen in recent observations with XRISM/Resolve at microcalorimeter resolution. We show that some implications inferred from the model will help constrain the local wind physics where Fe XXVI is predominantly produced in a large-scale, stratified wind.
Abstract Copyright:
© 2025. The Author(s). Published by the American Astronomical Society.
Journal keyword(s):
Active galactic nuclei - Atomic spectroscopy - High energy astrophysics - Photoionization - Black hole physics - Accretion - Plasma astrophysics - Stellar mass black holes
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