J 2019

Mass of the active galactic nucleus black hole XMMUJ134736.6+173403

GOLUCHOVÁ, Kateřina, Gabriel TÖRÖK, Eva ŠRÁMKOVÁ, Marek ABRAMOWICZ, Zdeněk STUCHLÍK et. al.

Basic information

Original name

Mass of the active galactic nucleus black hole XMMUJ134736.6+173403

Authors

GOLUCHOVÁ, Kateřina (203 Czech Republic, guarantor, belonging to the institution), Gabriel TÖRÖK (203 Czech Republic, belonging to the institution), Eva ŠRÁMKOVÁ (203 Czech Republic, belonging to the institution), Marek ABRAMOWICZ (616 Poland, belonging to the institution), Zdeněk STUCHLÍK (203 Czech Republic, belonging to the institution) and Jiří HORÁK (203 Czech Republic)

Edition

Astronomy & Astrophysics, 2019, 0004-6361

Other information

Language

English

Type of outcome

Článek v odborném periodiku

Field of Study

10308 Astronomy

Country of publisher

France

Confidentiality degree

není předmětem státního či obchodního tajemství

References:

RIV identification code

RIV/47813059:19240/19:A0000426

Organization unit

Faculty of Philosophy and Science in Opava

UT WoS

000457210000001

Keywords in English

X-rays: binaries; black hole physics; accretion; accretion disks

Tags

International impact, Reviewed

Links

GA17-16287S, research and development project. LTI17018, research and development project.
Změněno: 27/4/2021 09:38, Jan Vlha

Abstract

V originále

A recent study of the X-ray source XMMUJ134736.6+173403 has revealed a strong quasi-periodic modulation in the X-ray flux. The observation of two quasiperiodic oscillations (QPOs) that occur on a daily timescale and exhibit a 3:1 frequency ratio strongly supports the evidence for the presence of an active galactic nucleus black hole (AGN BH). Assuming an orbital origin of QPOs, we calculated the upper and lower limit on AGN BH mass M and found M approximate to 10^(7)-10^(9) M_Sun. When we compare this to mass estimates of other sources, XMMUJ134736.6+173403 appears to be the most massive source with commensurable QPO frequencies, and its mass represents the current observational upper limit on AGN BH mass based on QPO observations. We note that it will be crucial for the falsification of particular resonance models of QPOs whether only a single QPO with a frequency that completes the harmonic sequence 3:2:1 is found in this source, or if a new different pair of QPOs with frequencies in the 3: 2 ratio is found. The former case would agree with the prediction of the 3:2 epicyclic resonance model and BH mass M approximate to (5a^(2) + 8a + 8) x 10^(7) M_Sun, where a is a dimensionless BH spin.