Suzaku discovery of iron absorption lines in outburst spectra of the X-ray transient 4U 1630-472

Abstract

We present the results of six Suzaku observations of the recurrent black hole transient 4U1630-472 during its decline from outburst from February 8 to March 23 in 2006. All observations show the typical high/soft state spectral shape in the 2-50keV band, roughly described by an optically thick disk spectrum in the soft energy band plus a weak power-law tail that becomes dominant only above \~20keV. The disk temperature decreases from 1.4keV to 1.2keV as the flux decreases by a factor 2, consistent with a constant radius as expected for disk-dominated spectra. All the observations reveal significant absorption lines from highly ionized (H-like and He-like) iron Ka at 7.0keV and 6.7keV. The brightest datasets also show significant but weaker absorption structures between 7.8keV and 8.2keV, which we identify as a blend of iron Kb and nickel Ka absorption lines. The energies of these absorption lines suggest a blue shift with an outflow velocity of ~1000km/s.. The H-like iron Ka equivalent width remains approximately constant at ~30 eV over all the observations, while that of the He-like Ka line increases from 7 eV to 20 eV. Thus the ionization state of the material decreases, as expected from the decline in flux. We fit the profiles with Voigt functions (curve of growth) to derive absorbing columns, then use these together with detailed photo-ionization calculations to derive physical parameters of the absorbing material. The data then constrain the velocity dispersion of the absorber to 200-2000 km/s, and the size of the plasma as ~1E10 cm assuming a source distance of 10 kpc.

arXiv comment14 pages, 15 figures, to appear in PASJ Vol. 58 Suzaku special issue

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