1994A&A...285..509G -
Astronomy and Astrophysics, volume 285, 509-523 (1994/5-2)
Near-simultaneous ROSAT and Ginga observations of the 1991 X-ray transient in Musca.
GREINER J., HASINGER G., MOLENDI S. and EBISAWA K.
Abstract (from CDS):
During its All-Sky-Survey ROSAT has observed the Musca 1991 X-ray transient on January 24/25, two weeks after outburst, for about 170s. The intensity was found to be nearly 6 Crab in the ROSAT band. A combined fit of ROSAT and Ginga data from 1991 January 25 with a multitemperature disk blackbody model plus a power law component results in a maximal temperature of the disk of about kT = 0.96 keV at an absorbing column of NH = 2.2 x 1021 cm–2. With the knowledge of the mass function f(M) = 3.1 M☉ from optical observations we derive a minimum distance to the black hole binary of at least 4-5 kpc. Including the accretion disk inclination angle of i = 26 deg ± 25 deg determined from the shape of the positron annihilation line, and the quiescent optical brightness together with the most probable spectral type of the companion we derive a black hole mass of M = (6±1.5) M☉and a distance of about (11±3) kpc. Additional ROSAT observations in August 1991 and March 1992 suggest that the exponential intensity decay until 240 days after the outburst is followed by a steeper decline between days 240 and 410.
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Journal keyword(s):
X-rays: stars - black holes - binaries: close - accretion disks
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