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2015ApJ...810..161R - Astrophys. J., 810, 161 (2015/September-2)

Optical and near-infrared spectroscopy of the black hole Swift J1753.5-0127.

RAHOUI F., TOMSICK J.A., CORIAT M., CORBEL S., FURST F., GANDHI P., KALEMCI E., MIGLIARI S., STERN D. and TZIOUMIS A.K.

Abstract (from CDS):

We report on a multiwavelength observational campaign of the black hole (BH) X-ray binary Swift J1753.5-0127 that consists of an ESO/X-shooter spectrum supported by contemporaneous Swift/X-ray Telescope+Ultra-Violet/Optical Telescope (UVOT) and Australia Telescope Compact Array data. Interstellar medium absorption lines in the X-shooter spectrum allow us to determine E(B-V) along the line of sight to the source. We also report detection of emission signatures of He ii λ4686, Hα, and, for the first time, H i λ 10906 and Paβ. The double-peaked morphology of these four lines is typical of the chromosphere of a rotating accretion disk. Nonetheless, the paucity of disk features points toward a low level of irradiation in the system. This is confirmed through spectral energy distribution modeling, and we find that the UVOT+X-shooter continuum mostly stems from the thermal emission of a viscous disk. We speculate that the absence of reprocessing is due to the compactness of an illumination-induced envelope that fails to reflect enough incoming hard X-ray photons back to the outer regions. The disk also marginally contributes to the Compton-dominated X-ray emission and is strongly truncated, with an inner radius about 1000 times larger than the BH's gravitational radius. A near-infrared excess is present, and we associate it with synchrotron radiation from a compact jet. However, the measured X-ray flux is significantly higher than what can be explained by the optically thin synchrotron jet component. We discuss these findings in the framework of the radio-quiet versus X-ray-bright hypothesis, favoring the presence of a residual disk, predicted by evaporation models, that contributes to the X-ray emission without enhancing the radio flux.

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Journal keyword(s): accretion, accretion disks - binaries: close - infrared: stars - ISM: jets and outflows - stars: individual: Swift J1753.5-0127 - X-rays: binaries

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