2007A&A...473..561S -
Astronomy and Astrophysics, volume 473, 561-568 (2007/10-2)
XMM-Newton and INTEGRAL observations of the black hole candidate XTE J1817-330.
SALA G., GREINER J., AJELLO M., BOTTACINI E. and HABERL F.
Abstract (from CDS):
The galactic black hole candidate
XTE J1817-330 was discovered in outburst by RXTE in January 2006. We present here the results of an XMM-Newton target of opportunity observation, performed on 13 March 2006 (44 days after the maximum), and an INTEGRAL observation performed on 15-18 February 2006 (18 days after the maximum). The EPIC-pn camera on-board XMM-Newton was used in the fast read-out burst mode to avoid photon pile-up, while the RGS was used in spectroscopy high count rate mode. We fit both the XMM-Newton and the INTEGRAL spectra with a two-component model consisting of a thermal accretion disk (represented by diskbb or diskpn models) and a comptonizing hot corona (represented by a power-law or the compTT model). The soft X-ray spectrum is dominated by an accretion disk component, with a maximum temperature decreasing from 0.96±0.04keV at the time of the INTEGRAL observation to 0.70±0.01keV on 13 March. The optical monitors on board INTEGRAL and XMM-Newton showed the source with magnitudes V:11.3-11.4, U:15.0-15.1 and UVW1:14.7-14.8. The soft X-ray spectrum, together with the optical and UV data, show a low hydrogen column density towards the source, and several absorption lines, most likely of interstellar origin, are detected in the RGS spectrum: OIKα, OIKβ, OII, OIII and OVII, which trace both cold and hot components of the interstellar medium. The soft X-ray spectrum indicates the presence of a black hole, with an estimate for the upper limit of the mass of 6.0
+4.0–2.5M
☉.
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Journal keyword(s):
stars: binaries - X-rays: individual: XTE J1817-330 - stars: binaries: close
CDS comments:
Paragraph 3.1. XTE J1718-330 is a misprint for XTE J1817-330.
Simbad objects:
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