On the masses of OJ287 black holes

Abstract

Two multifrequency campaigns were carried out on OJ287 in 2005: in April when it was in its pre-outburst state, and in November, during the main 12 yr cycle outburst. The wavelength coverage was from radio to X-rays. In the optical-to-UV range the differential spectrum between the observations has a bremsstrahlung spectral shape, consistent with gas at $3\times 10^{5}K$ temperature. Our result supports the hydrogen column density of the OJ287 host galaxy of $\sim 9.3\times 10^{20}c{m}^{-2}$, the average value found by Gosh & Soundararajaperumal. The $3\times 10^{5}K$ bremsstrahlung radiation was predicted in the binary black hole model of OJ287, and it arises from a hot bubble of gas which is torn off the accretion disc by the impact of the secondary. As this radiation is not Doppler boosted, the brightness of the outburst provides an estimate for the mass of the secondary black hole, $\sim 1.4\times 10^8$ solar mass. In order to estimate the mass of the primary black hole, we ask what is the minimum mass ratio in a binary system which allows the stability of the accretion disc. By using particle simulations, we find that the ratio is $\sim 1.3\times 10^2$. This makes the minimum mass of the primary $\sim 1.8\times 10^{10}$ solar mass, in agreement with the mass determined from the orbit solution, $1.84\times 10^{10}$ solar mass. With this mass value and the measured K-magnitude of the bulge of the host galaxy of OJ287, the system lies almost exactly on the previously established correlation in the black hole mass vs. K-magnitude diagramme. It supports the extension of this correlation to brighter magnitudes and to more massive black holes than has been done previously.

to appear in Mon.Not.R.Astron.Soc

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