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2025ApJ...995L..12D - Astrophys. J., 995, L12 (2025/December-2)

A XRISM View of Relativistic Reflection in Cygnus X-1.

DRAGHIS P.A., MILLER J.M., KARA E., COSTANTINI E., ADEGOKE O. and GARCIA J.A.

Abstract (from CDS):

We present the first high-resolution XRISM/Resolve view of the relativistically broadened Fe K line in Cygnus X-1. The data clearly separate the relativistic broad line from the underlying continuum and from narrow emission and absorption features in the Fe band. The unprecedented spectral resolution in the Fe K band clearly demonstrates that the flux excess can be attributed to a single, broad feature, as opposed to a superposition of previously unresolved narrow features. This broad feature can be best interpreted as emission consistent with an origin near the innermost stable circular orbit around a rapidly rotating black hole. By modeling the shape of the broad line, we find a black hole spin of a ≃ 0.98 and an inclination of the inner accretion disk of θ ≃ 63∘. The spin is consistent with prior reflection studies, reaffirming the robustness of past spin measurements using the relativistic reflection method. The measured inclination provides reinforcing evidence of a disk-orbit misalignment in Cygnus X-1. These results highlight the unique abilities of XRISM in separating overlapping spectral features and providing constraints on the geometry of accretion in X-ray binaries.

Abstract Copyright: © 2025. The Author(s). Published by the American Astronomical Society.

Journal keyword(s): Stellar mass black holes - Astrophysical black holes - Black holes - Rotating black holes - Kerr black holes - X-ray binary stars - High mass x-ray binary stars

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