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The Spin of the Supermassive Black Hole in MCG-05-23-16

Wang, Yu and Ghasemi-Nodehi, M. and Guainazzi, Matteo and Bambi, Cosimo (2017) The Spin of the Supermassive Black Hole in MCG-05-23-16. . (Submitted) https://resolver.caltech.edu/CaltechAUTHORS:20170327-085856062

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Abstract

We present the results of a multi-epoch and multi-instrument study of the supermassive black hole at the center of the galaxy MCG-05-23-16 aiming at the determination of its spin. We have analyzed high quality X-ray data of MCG-05-23-16 from XMM-Newton, Suzaku, and NuSTAR obtained over a period of about 10~years. We have built a double-reflection spectral model that well describes the observed spectrum based on prior results suggesting that the iron K$\alpha$ line includes both a broad component from the disk's reflection spectrum and a narrow component due to fluorescence and scattering off material by more distant matter. Our measurement of the black hole spin parameter is $a_* = 0.856\pm0.006$ (99\% confidence level).


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Wang, Yu0000-0003-3589-9274
Bambi, Cosimo0000-0002-3180-9502
Additional Information:This work was supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grants No. 11103057, U1531117, and 11305038) and the Thousand Young Talents Program. M.G.-N. also acknowledges the support from the China Scholarship Council (Grant No. 2014GXZY08). C.B. also acknowledges the support from the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation.
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DOI:10.48550/arXiv.1703.07182
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