XRISM Spectroscopy of the Stellar-Mass Black Hole 4U 1630-472 in Outburst

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Main Authors: Miller, Jon M., Mizumoto, Misaki, Shidatsu, Megumi, Ballhausen, Ralf, Behar, Ehud, Trigo, Maria Diaz, Done, Chris, Dotani, Tadayasu, Garcia, Javier, Kallman, Timothy, Kobayashi, Shogo B., Kubota, Aya, Smith, Randall, Takahashi, Hiromitsu, Tashiro, Makoto, Ueda, Yoshihiro, Vink, Jacco, Yamada, Shinya, Watanabe, Shin, Iizuka, Ryo, Terada, Yukikatsu, Baluta, Chris, Kanemaru, Yoshiaki, Ogawa, Shoji, Yoshida, Tessei, Hayashi, Katsuhiro
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author Miller, Jon M.
Mizumoto, Misaki
Shidatsu, Megumi
Ballhausen, Ralf
Behar, Ehud
Trigo, Maria Diaz
Done, Chris
Dotani, Tadayasu
Garcia, Javier
Kallman, Timothy
Kobayashi, Shogo B.
Kubota, Aya
Smith, Randall
Takahashi, Hiromitsu
Tashiro, Makoto
Ueda, Yoshihiro
Vink, Jacco
Yamada, Shinya
Watanabe, Shin
Iizuka, Ryo
Terada, Yukikatsu
Baluta, Chris
Kanemaru, Yoshiaki
Ogawa, Shoji
Yoshida, Tessei
Hayashi, Katsuhiro
author_facet Miller, Jon M.
Mizumoto, Misaki
Shidatsu, Megumi
Ballhausen, Ralf
Behar, Ehud
Trigo, Maria Diaz
Done, Chris
Dotani, Tadayasu
Garcia, Javier
Kallman, Timothy
Kobayashi, Shogo B.
Kubota, Aya
Smith, Randall
Takahashi, Hiromitsu
Tashiro, Makoto
Ueda, Yoshihiro
Vink, Jacco
Yamada, Shinya
Watanabe, Shin
Iizuka, Ryo
Terada, Yukikatsu
Baluta, Chris
Kanemaru, Yoshiaki
Ogawa, Shoji
Yoshida, Tessei
Hayashi, Katsuhiro
contents We report on XRISM/Resolve spectroscopy of the recurrent transient and well-known black hole candidate 4U 1630$-$472 during its 2024 outburst. The source was captured at the end of a disk-dominated high/soft state, at an Eddington fraction of $λ_\mathrm{Edd} \sim 0.05~(10 M_{\odot}/M_\mathrm{BH})$. A variable absorption spectrum with unprecedented complexity is revealed with the Resolve calorimeter. This marks one of the lowest Eddington fractions at which highly ionized absorption has been detected in an X-ray binary. The strongest lines are fully resolved, with He-like Fe XXV separated into resonance and intercombination components, and H-like Fe XXVI seen as a spin-orbit doublet. The depth of some absorption lines varied by almost an order of magnitude, far more than expected based on a 10% variation in apparent X-ray flux and ionization parameter. The velocity of some absorption components also changed significantly. Jointly modeling two flux segments with a consistent model including four photoionization zones, the spectrum can be described in terms of highly ionized but likely failed winds that sometimes show red-shifts, variable obscuration that may signal asymmetric structures in the middle and outer accretion disk, and a tentative very fast outflow ($v = 0.026-0.033c$). We discuss the impact of these findings on our understanding of accretion and winds in stellar-mass black holes, and potential consequences for future studies.
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spellingShingle XRISM Spectroscopy of the Stellar-Mass Black Hole 4U 1630-472 in Outburst
Miller, Jon M.
Mizumoto, Misaki
Shidatsu, Megumi
Ballhausen, Ralf
Behar, Ehud
Trigo, Maria Diaz
Done, Chris
Dotani, Tadayasu
Garcia, Javier
Kallman, Timothy
Kobayashi, Shogo B.
Kubota, Aya
Smith, Randall
Takahashi, Hiromitsu
Tashiro, Makoto
Ueda, Yoshihiro
Vink, Jacco
Yamada, Shinya
Watanabe, Shin
Iizuka, Ryo
Terada, Yukikatsu
Baluta, Chris
Kanemaru, Yoshiaki
Ogawa, Shoji
Yoshida, Tessei
Hayashi, Katsuhiro
High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena
We report on XRISM/Resolve spectroscopy of the recurrent transient and well-known black hole candidate 4U 1630$-$472 during its 2024 outburst. The source was captured at the end of a disk-dominated high/soft state, at an Eddington fraction of $λ_\mathrm{Edd} \sim 0.05~(10 M_{\odot}/M_\mathrm{BH})$. A variable absorption spectrum with unprecedented complexity is revealed with the Resolve calorimeter. This marks one of the lowest Eddington fractions at which highly ionized absorption has been detected in an X-ray binary. The strongest lines are fully resolved, with He-like Fe XXV separated into resonance and intercombination components, and H-like Fe XXVI seen as a spin-orbit doublet. The depth of some absorption lines varied by almost an order of magnitude, far more than expected based on a 10% variation in apparent X-ray flux and ionization parameter. The velocity of some absorption components also changed significantly. Jointly modeling two flux segments with a consistent model including four photoionization zones, the spectrum can be described in terms of highly ionized but likely failed winds that sometimes show red-shifts, variable obscuration that may signal asymmetric structures in the middle and outer accretion disk, and a tentative very fast outflow ($v = 0.026-0.033c$). We discuss the impact of these findings on our understanding of accretion and winds in stellar-mass black holes, and potential consequences for future studies.
title XRISM Spectroscopy of the Stellar-Mass Black Hole 4U 1630-472 in Outburst
topic High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2506.07319