X-Ray Polarization of the Black Hole X-Ray Binary 4U 1630-47 Challenges the Standard Thin Accretion Disk Scenario

Ajay Ratheesh; Michal Dovčiak; Henric Krawczynski; Jakub Podgorný; Lorenzo Marra; Alexandra Veledina; Valery F. Suleimanov; Nicole Rodriguez Cavero; James F. Steiner; Jirí Svoboda; Andrea Marinucci; Stefano Bianchi; Michela Negro; Giorgio Matt; Francesco Tombesi; Juri Poutanen; Adam Ingram; Roberto Taverna; Andrew West; Vladimir Karas; Francesco Ursini; Paolo Soffitta; Fiamma Capitanio; Domenico Viscolo; Alberto Manfreda; Fabio Muleri; Maxime Parra; Banafsheh Beheshtipour; Sohee Chun; Nicolò Cibrario; Niccolò Di Lalla; Sergio Fabiani; Kun Hu; Philip Kaaret; Vladislav Loktev; Romana Mikušincová; Tsunefumi Mizuno; Nicola Omodei; Pierre Olivier Petrucci; Simonetta Puccetti; John Rankin; Silvia Zane; Sixuan Zhang; Iván Agudo; Lucio A. Antonelli; Matteo Bachetti; Luca Baldini; Wayne H. Baumgartner; Ronaldo Bellazzini; Stephen D. Bongiorno; Raffaella Bonino; Alessandro Brez; Niccolò Bucciantini; Simone Castellano; Elisabetta Cavazzuti; Chien Ting Chen; Stefano Ciprini; Enrico Costa; Alessandra De Rosa; Ettore Del Monte; Laura Di Gesu; Alessandro Di Marco; Immacolata Donnarumma; Victor Doroshenko; Steven R. Ehlert; Teruaki Enoto; Yuri Evangelista; Riccardo Ferrazzoli; Javier A. Garcia; Shuichi Gunji; Kiyoshi Hayashida; Jeremy Heyl; Wataru Iwakiri; Svetlana G. Jorstad; Fabian Kislat; Takao Kitaguchi; Jeffery J. Kolodziejczak; Fabio La Monaca; Luca Latronico; Ioannis Liodakis; Simone Maldera; Frédéric Marin; Alan P. Marscher; Herman L. Marshall; Francesco Massaro; Ikuyuki Mitsuishi; Stephen C.Y. Ng; Stephen L. O’Dell; Chiara Oppedisano; Alessandro Papitto; George G. Pavlov; Abel L. Peirson; Matteo Perri; Melissa Pesce-Rollins; Maura Pilia; Andrea Possenti; Brian D. Ramsey; Oliver J. Roberts; Roger W. Romani; Carmelo Sgrò; Patrick Slane; Gloria Spandre; Douglas A. Swartz; Toru Tamagawa; Fabrizio Tavecchio; Yuzuru Tawara; Allyn F. Tennant; Nicholas E. Thomas; Alessio Trois; Sergey S. Tsygankov; Roberto Turolla; Jacco Vink; Martin C. Weisskopf; Kinwah Wu; Fei Xie

doi:10.3847/1538-4357/ad226e

X-Ray Polarization of the Black Hole X-Ray Binary 4U 1630-47 Challenges the Standard Thin Accretion Disk Scenario

Ajay Ratheesh
, Michal Dovčiak
, Henric Krawczynski
, Jakub Podgorný
, Lorenzo Marra
, Alexandra Veledina
, Valery F. Suleimanov
, Nicole Rodriguez Cavero
, James F. Steiner
, Jirí Svoboda
, Andrea Marinucci
, Stefano Bianchi
, Michela Negro
, Giorgio Matt
, Francesco Tombesi
, Juri Poutanen
, Adam Ingram
, Roberto Taverna
, Andrew West
, Vladimir Karas

Francesco Ursini, Paolo Soffitta, Fiamma Capitanio, Domenico Viscolo, Alberto Manfreda, Fabio Muleri, Maxime Parra, Banafsheh Beheshtipour, Sohee Chun, Nicolò Cibrario, Niccolò Di Lalla, Sergio Fabiani, Kun Hu, Philip Kaaret, Vladislav Loktev, Romana Mikušincová, Tsunefumi Mizuno, Nicola Omodei, Pierre Olivier Petrucci, Simonetta Puccetti, John Rankin, Silvia Zane, Sixuan Zhang, Iván Agudo, Lucio A. Antonelli, Matteo Bachetti, Luca Baldini, Wayne H. Baumgartner, Ronaldo Bellazzini, Stephen D. Bongiorno, Raffaella Bonino, Alessandro Brez, Niccolò Bucciantini, Simone Castellano, Elisabetta Cavazzuti, Chien Ting Chen, Stefano Ciprini, Enrico Costa, Alessandra De Rosa, Ettore Del Monte, Laura Di Gesu, Alessandro Di Marco, Immacolata Donnarumma, Victor Doroshenko, Steven R. Ehlert, Teruaki Enoto, Yuri Evangelista, Riccardo Ferrazzoli, Javier A. Garcia, Shuichi Gunji, Kiyoshi Hayashida, Jeremy Heyl, Wataru Iwakiri, Svetlana G. Jorstad, Fabian Kislat, Takao Kitaguchi, Jeffery J. Kolodziejczak, Fabio La Monaca, Luca Latronico, Ioannis Liodakis, Simone Maldera, Frédéric Marin, Alan P. Marscher, Herman L. Marshall, Francesco Massaro, Ikuyuki Mitsuishi, Stephen C.Y. Ng, Stephen L. O’Dell, Chiara Oppedisano, Alessandro Papitto, George G. Pavlov, Abel L. Peirson, Matteo Perri, Melissa Pesce-Rollins, Maura Pilia, Andrea Possenti, Brian D. Ramsey, Oliver J. Roberts, Roger W. Romani, Carmelo Sgrò, Patrick Slane, Gloria Spandre, Douglas A. Swartz, Toru Tamagawa, Fabrizio Tavecchio, Yuzuru Tawara, Allyn F. Tennant, Nicholas E. Thomas, Alessio Trois, Sergey S. Tsygankov, Roberto Turolla, Jacco Vink, Martin C. Weisskopf, Kinwah Wu, Fei Xie

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A large energy-dependent X-ray polarization degree is detected by the Imaging X-ray Polarimetry Explorer (IXPE) in the high-soft emission state of the black hole X-ray binary 4U 1630-47. The highly significant detection (at ≈50σ confidence level) of an unexpectedly high polarization, rising from ∼6% at 2 keV to ∼10% at 8 keV, cannot be easily reconciled with standard models of thin accretion disks. In this work, we compare the predictions of different theoretical models with the IXPE data and conclude that the observed polarization properties are compatible with a scenario in which matter accretes onto the black hole through a thin disk covered by a partially ionized atmosphere flowing away at mildly relativistic velocities.

Original language	English (US)
Article number	77
Journal	Astrophysical Journal
Volume	964
Issue number	1
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.3847/1538-4357/ad226e
State	Published - Mar 1 2024

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Ratheesh, A., Dovčiak, M., Krawczynski, H., Podgorný, J., Marra, L., Veledina, A., Suleimanov, V. F., Cavero, N. R., Steiner, J. F., Svoboda, J., Marinucci, A., Bianchi, S., Negro, M., Matt, G., Tombesi, F., Poutanen, J., Ingram, A., Taverna, R., West, A., ... Xie, F. (2024). X-Ray Polarization of the Black Hole X-Ray Binary 4U 1630-47 Challenges the Standard Thin Accretion Disk Scenario. Astrophysical Journal, 964(1), Article 77. https://doi.org/10.3847/1538-4357/ad226e

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AU - Podgorný, Jakub

AU - Marra, Lorenzo

AU - Veledina, Alexandra

AU - Suleimanov, Valery F.

AU - Cavero, Nicole Rodriguez

AU - Steiner, James F.

AU - Svoboda, Jirí

AU - Marinucci, Andrea

AU - Bianchi, Stefano

AU - Negro, Michela

AU - Matt, Giorgio

AU - Tombesi, Francesco

AU - Poutanen, Juri

AU - Ingram, Adam

AU - Taverna, Roberto

AU - West, Andrew

AU - Karas, Vladimir

AU - Ursini, Francesco

AU - Soffitta, Paolo

AU - Capitanio, Fiamma

AU - Viscolo, Domenico

AU - Manfreda, Alberto

AU - Muleri, Fabio

AU - Parra, Maxime

AU - Beheshtipour, Banafsheh

AU - Chun, Sohee

AU - Cibrario, Nicolò

AU - Di Lalla, Niccolò

AU - Fabiani, Sergio

AU - Hu, Kun

AU - Kaaret, Philip

AU - Loktev, Vladislav

AU - Mikušincová, Romana

AU - Mizuno, Tsunefumi

AU - Omodei, Nicola

AU - Petrucci, Pierre Olivier

AU - Puccetti, Simonetta

AU - Rankin, John

AU - Zane, Silvia

AU - Zhang, Sixuan

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AU - Garcia, Javier A.

AU - Gunji, Shuichi

AU - Hayashida, Kiyoshi

AU - Heyl, Jeremy

AU - Iwakiri, Wataru

AU - Jorstad, Svetlana G.

AU - Kislat, Fabian

AU - Kitaguchi, Takao

AU - Kolodziejczak, Jeffery J.

AU - La Monaca, Fabio

AU - Latronico, Luca

AU - Liodakis, Ioannis

AU - Maldera, Simone

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AU - Marscher, Alan P.

AU - Marshall, Herman L.

AU - Massaro, Francesco

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AU - Peirson, Abel L.

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AU - Pilia, Maura

AU - Possenti, Andrea

AU - Ramsey, Brian D.

AU - Roberts, Oliver J.

AU - Romani, Roger W.

AU - Sgrò, Carmelo

AU - Slane, Patrick

AU - Spandre, Gloria

AU - Swartz, Douglas A.

AU - Tamagawa, Toru

AU - Tavecchio, Fabrizio

AU - Tawara, Yuzuru

AU - Tennant, Allyn F.

AU - Thomas, Nicholas E.

AU - Trois, Alessio

AU - Tsygankov, Sergey S.

AU - Turolla, Roberto

AU - Vink, Jacco

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AU - Wu, Kinwah

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X-Ray Polarization of the Black Hole X-Ray Binary 4U 1630-47 Challenges the Standard Thin Accretion Disk Scenario

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