SUMMARY OF SEQUENCE NUMBER 400050
SUMMARY OF SEQUENCE NUMBER 400050
Title: AXAF OBSERVATIONS OF A BRIGHT BLACK HOLE X-RAY BINARY IN OUTBURST
Observer: Lewin
Subject Category: BH and NS Binaries
Seq: 400050 ObsId: 00683
Long-term Plan bin: 11-May-2000
ABSTRACT
We propose to study the X-ray spectra of black-hole (candidate) X-ray binaries (BHXBs) in outburst. We will follow the outburst throughout its evolution across all wavelength bands, and will select certain periods for X-ray spectral analysis with AXAF. High-resolution X-ray spectra of the BHXBs will likely exhibit emission lines and absorption edges characteristic of the accretion disk geometry, temperatures, and abundances. We expect that they will show the general-relativistic effects of the extreme gravitational environment near the black hole. When possible, we will make (near) simultaneous radio, IR, optical, X-ray timing (RXTE), and gamma-ray (CGRO-BATSE) observations. Our team has extensive expertise in all aspects of the proposed research.
TARGET SUMMARY
| TARGET NAME |
RA | DEC |
TIME |
SI |
GRAT |
TYPE |
TC |
ROLL |
PRE |
PHASE |
MULTI |
PRI |
| BHXB (OUTBURST RISE) |
237.745417 | -56.476472 |
2.000000 |
ACIS-S |
HETG |
TOO |
yes |
no |
no |
no |
yes |
5 |
IMAGES
(NOTE: RASS images currently only available for targets LTS scheduled on or after Apr-09-2000)
PARAMETERS
Obscat Parameters
