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Name: Understanding Black Holes: Spin comma Disk and State Transition
Published: 2013-11-06T00:00:00Z

Proposal ID	069127
Title	Understanding Black Holes: Spin, Disk and State Transition
Download Data Associated to the proposal	https://nxsa.esac.esa.int/nxsa-sl/servlet/data-action-aio?obsno=0691271401
DOI	https://doi.org/10.5270/esa-rssnoow
Principal Investigator, PI	Dr Rubens Reis
Abstract	Observations from XMM-Newton and other X-ray telescopes have shown howrelativistic disk lines, together with the thermal continuum, can be used toprecisely constrain the nature of the compact object in XRB systems, as well asthat of the accretion flow. The importance of XMM-Newton in the study of blackhole binaries cannot be overemphasised; with a single 40ksec (total) XMM-Newtonobservation of XTE J1752-223 (AO-9), we found that --- at least for thisspecific source --- state transition is not a manifestation of a change in theinner extent of the accretion disk; we confirmed the black hole nature of thecentral source; and constrained its dimensionless spin parameter. Here, wepropose to build on this success through a single 40ksec (total) ToO observation of a black hole transient in outburst.
Publications	SWIFT J1910.2-0546: A Possible Black Hole Binary with a Retrograde Spin or Truncated Disk \|Reis, R. C., Reynolds, M. T., et al. \| ApJ \| 778-155 \| 2013 \| 2013ApJ...778..155R \| http://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/#abs/2013ApJ...778..155R Serendipitous UV source catalogues for 10 years of XMM and 5 years of Swift \|Yershov, V. N., \| Ap&SS \| 354-97 \| 2014 \| 2014Ap&SS.354...97Y \| http://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/#abs/2014Ap&SS.354...97Y Modelling the effect of absorption from the interstellar medium on transient black hole X-ray binaries \|Eckersall, A. J., Vaughan, S., \| MNRAS \| 471-1468 \| 2017 \| 2017MNRAS.471.1468E \| http://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/#abs/2017MNRAS.471.1468E Oxygen and iron in interstellar dust: An X-ray investigation \|Psaradaki, I., Costantini, E., et al. \| A&A \| 670-30 \| 2023 \| 2023A&A...670A..30P \| http://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/#abs/2023A&A...670A..30P Accretion flow properties of MAXI J1910-057/Swift J1910.2-0546 during its 2012-13 outburst \|Nath, Sujoy Kumar, Debnath, Dipak, et al. \| AdSpR \| 71-1045 \| 2023 \| 2023AdSpR..71.1045N \| http://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/#abs/2023AdSpR..71.1045N A Systematic View of Ten New Black Hole Spins \|Draghis, Paul A., Miller, Jon M., et al. \| ApJ \| 946-19 \| 2023 \| 2023ApJ...946...19D \| http://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/#abs/2023ApJ...946...19D The current state of disk wind observations in BHLMXBs through X-ray absorption lines in the iron band \|Parra, M., Petrucci, P. -O., et al. \| A&A \| 681-49 \| 2024 \| 2024A&A...681A..49P \| http://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/#abs/2024A&A...681A..49P
Instrument	EPN, OM, RGS1, RGS2
Temporal Coverage	2012-10-17T18:12:22Z/2012-10-18T08:25:55Z
Version	17.56_20190403_1200
Mission Description	The European Space Agencys (ESA) X-ray Multi-Mirror Mission (XMM-Newton) was launched by an Ariane 504 on December 10th 1999. XMM-Newton is ESAs second cornerstone of the Horizon 2000 Science Programme. It carries 3 high throughput X-ray telescopes with an unprecedented effective area, and an optical monitor, the first flown on a X-ray observatory. The large collecting area and ability to make long uninterrupted exposures provide highly sensitive observations. Since Earths atmosphere blocks out all X-rays, only a telescope in space can detect and study celestial X-ray sources. The XMM-Newton mission is helping scientists to solve a number of cosmic mysteries, ranging from the enigmatic black holes to the origins of the Universe itself. Observing time on XMM-Newton is being made available to the scientific community, applying for observational periods on a competitive basis.
Creator Contact	https://www.cosmos.esa.int/web/xmm-newton/xmm-newton-helpdesk
Date Published	2013-11-06T00:00:00Z
Keywords	"blackhole binary", "XMM-Newton", "xrb systems", "central source", "xmm newton", "total xmm newton", "accretion disk", "blackhole transient", "relativistic disk lines", "inner extent", "dimensionless spin parameter", "XMM", "precisely constrain", "accretion flow", "black holes", "xray telescopes", "thermal continuum", "compact object", "specific source"
Publisher And Registrant	European Space Agency
Credit Guidelines	European Space Agency, Dr Rubens Reis, 2013, 'Understanding Black Holes: Spin comma Disk and State Transition', 17.56_20190403_1200, European Space Agency, https://doi.org/10.5270/esa-rssnoow