Comparison of Relativistic Iron Line Models

Details Comparison of Relativistic Iron Line Models Comparison of Relativistic Iron Line Models

2009-01-06

arxiv.org/abs/0901.0670v1

Week of Doctoral Students 2008 - Proceedings of Contributed Papers, Part III, p.204-212, ed. Jana Safrankova and Jiri Pavlu, M

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astrophysics

Galaxy Astrophysics

9 pages, 7 figures

Scientific paper

The analysis of the broad iron line profile in the X-ray spectra of active galactic nuclei and black hole X-ray binaries allows us to constrain the spin parameter of the black hole. We compare the constraints on the spin value for two X-ray sources, MCG-6-30-15 and GX 339-4, with a broad iron line using present relativistic line models in XSPEC - LAOR and KYRLINE. The LAOR model has the spin value set to the extremal value a=0.9982, while the KYRLINE model enables direct fitting of the spin parameter. The spin value is constrained mainly by the lower boundary of the broad line, which depends on the inner boundary of the disc emission where the gravitational redshift is maximal. The position of the inner disc boundary is usually identified with the marginally stable orbit which is related to the spin value. In this way the LAOR model can be used to estimate the spin value. We investigate the consistency of the LAOR and KYRLINE models. We find that the spin values evaluated by both models agree within the general uncertainties when applied on the current data. However, the results are apparently distinguishable for higher quality data, such as those simulated for the International X-ray Observatory (IXO) mission. We find that the LAOR model tends to overestimate the spin value and furthermore, it has insufficient resolution which affects the correct determination of the high-energy edge of the broad line.

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