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| العنوان: |
MULTIWAVELENGTH OBSERVATIONS OF A0620-00 IN QUIESCENCE. |
| المؤلفون: |
Froning, Cynthia S., Cantrell, Andrew G., Maccarone, Thomas J., France, Kevin, Khargharia, Juthika, Winter, Lisa M., Robinson, Edward L., Hynes, Robert I., Broderick, Jess W., Markoff, Sera, Torres, Manuel A. P., Garcia, Michael, Bailyn, Charles D., Prochaska, J. Xavier, Werk, Jessica, Thom, Chris, Béland, Stéphane, Danforth, Charles W., Keeney, Brian, Green, James C. |
| المصدر: |
Astrophysical Journal; Dec2011, Vol. 743 Issue 1, Special section p1-14, 14p |
| مصطلحات موضوعية: |
BLACK holes, SPECTROGRAPHS, X-rays, ULTRAVIOLET radiation, SPECTRAL energy distribution, WAVELENGTHS, BLACKBODY radiation |
| الشركة/الكيان: |
HUBBLE Space Telescope (Spacecraft) |
| مستخلص: |
We present contemporaneous X-ray, ultraviolet, optical, near-infrared, and radio observations of the black hole binary system, A0620-00, acquired in 2010 March. Using the Cosmic Origins Spectrograph on the Hubble Space Telescope, we have obtained the first FUV spectrum of A0620-00 as well as NUV observations with the Space Telescope Imaging Spectrograph. The observed spectrum is flat in the FUV and very faint (with continuum fluxes ≃ le - 17 erg cm-2 s-1 Å-1). The UV spectra also show strong, broad (FWHM ~ 2000 km s-1) emission lines of Si IV, C IV, He II, Fe II, and Mg II. The C IV doublet is anomalously weak compared to the other lines, which is consistent with the low carbon abundance seen in NIR spectra of the source. Comparison of these observations with previous NUV spectra of A0620-00 shows that the UV flux has varied by factors of 2-8 over several years. We compiled the dereddened, broadband spectral energy distribution (SED) of A0620-00 and compared it to previous SEDs as well as theoretical models. The SEDs show that the source varies at all wavelengths for which we have multiple samples. Contrary to previous observations, the optical--UV spectrum does not continue to drop to shorter wavelengths, but instead shows a recovery and an increasingly blue spectrum in the FUV. We created an optical--UV spectrum of A0620-00 with the donor star contribution removed. The non-stellar spectrum peaks at ≃3000 Å. The peak can be fit with a T = 10,000 K blackbody with a small emitting area, probably originating in the hot spot where the accretion stream impacts the outer disk. However, one or more components in addition to the blackbody are needed to fit the FUV upturn and the red optical fluxes in the optical--UV spectrum. By comparing the mass accretion rate determined from the hot spot luminosity to the mean accretion rate inferred from the outburst history, we find that the latter is an order of magnitude smaller than the former, indicating that ~90% of the accreted mass must be lost from the system if the predictions of the disk instability model and the estimated interoutburst interval are correct. The mass accretion rate at the hot spot is 105 the accretion rate at the black hole inferred from the X-ray luminosity. To reconcile these requires that outflows carry away virtually all of the accreted mass, a very low rate of mass transfer from the outer cold disk into the inner hot region, and/or radiatively inefficient accretion. We compared our broadband SED to two models of A0620-00 in quiescence: the advection-dominated accretion flow model and the maximally jet-dominated model. The comparison suggests that strong outflows may be present in the system, indicated by the discrepancies in accretion rates and the FUV upturn in flux in the SED. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR] |
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