INFERENCE ON ACCRETION FLOW DYNAMICS USING TCAF SOLUTION FROM THE ANALYSIS OF SPECTRAL EVOLUTION OF H 1743-322 DURING THE 2010 OUTBURST

We study accretion flow dynamics of the Galactic transient black hole candidate (BHC) H 1743-322 during its 2010 outburst by analyzing spectral data using the two-component advective flow (TCAF; Keplerian and sub-Keplerian) solution after its inclusion in XSPEC as a local model. We compare our TCAF...

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Published in:The Astrophysical journal 2014-05, Vol.786 (1), p.1-6
Main Authors: Mondal, Santanu, Debnath, Dipak, Chakrabarti, Sandip K
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Accretion
ACCRETION DISKS
ASTROPHYSICS, COSMOLOGY AND ASTRONOMY
BLACK HOLES
COMPARATIVE EVALUATIONS
COMPUTERIZED SIMULATION
Dynamic tests
Dynamics
EVOLUTION
HYDRODYNAMICS
KEV RANGE
MAGNETIC FIELDS
Mathematical models
OSCILLATIONS
Outbursts
PERIODICITY
PROPORTIONAL COUNTERS
SHOCK WAVES
Spectra
STARS
X RADIATION
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Summary:We study accretion flow dynamics of the Galactic transient black hole candidate (BHC) H 1743-322 during its 2010 outburst by analyzing spectral data using the two-component advective flow (TCAF; Keplerian and sub-Keplerian) solution after its inclusion in XSPEC as a local model. We compare our TCAF solution fitted results with combined disk blackbody (DBB) and power-law (PL) model fitted results and find a similar smooth variation of thermal (Keplerian or DBB) and non-thermal (PL or sub-Keplerian) fluxes/rates in two types of model fits. For a spectral analysis, 2.5-25 keV spectral data from the Rossi X-Ray Timing Explorer Proportional Counter Array instrument are used. From the TCAF solution fit, accretion flow parameters, such as Keplerian rate, sub-Keplerian rate, location of centrifugal pressure-supported shock, and strength of the shock, are extracted, providing a deeper understanding of the accretion process and properties of accretion disks around BHC H 1743-322 during its X-ray outburst. Based on the halo to disk accretion rate ratio, shock properties, accretion rates, and the nature of the quasi-periodic oscillations' (if observed) entire outburst is classified into four different spectral states: hard, hard-intermediate, soft-intermediate, and soft. From the time variation of intrinsic flow parameters, it appears that their evolutions in the declining phase do not retrace the path of the rising phase. Since our current model does not include magnetic fields, spectral turnover at energies beyond 500-600 keV cannot be explained.
ISSN:0004-637X
1538-4357
DOI:10.1088/0004-637X/786/1/4