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The determination of the GX 339-4's mass based on its 2010 outburst

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  24 February 2011

Tao Chen
Tao Chen*
Affiliation:
CEA\Saclay, Bât. 709, Orme des Merisiers 91191 Gif sur Yvette Cedex, France email: [email protected]
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Abstract

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In this paper we investigate the quasi periodic oscillation (QPO) behavior of the black hole candidate GX 339-4 during its 2010 outburst using RXTE/PCA data. We perform spectral and timing analysis of the observations, where the QPOs are observed. We analyze the relationship between the centroid frequency of QPO and the spectral parameters. The correlation of spectral and timing properties can be used to estimate the mass of black hole with the scaling method. Using this method we estimate a mass of 7.5 ± 0.8 M⊙ of GX 339-4.

Keywords

GX 339QPOBlack Hole
Type
Contributed Papers
Information
Proceedings of the International Astronomical Union , Volume 6 , Symposium S275: Jets at all Scales , September 2010 , pp. 327 - 328
Copyright
Copyright © International Astronomical Union 2011

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