A radio parallax to the black hole X-ray binary MAXI J1820+070

P. Atri; J. C.A. Miller-Jones; A. Bahramian; R. M. Plotkin; A. T. Deller; P. G. Jonker; T. J. Maccarone; G. R. Sivakoff; R. Soria; D. Altamirano; T. Belloni; R. Fender; E. Koerding; D. Maitra; S. Markoff; S. Migliari; D. Russell; T. Russell; C. L. Sarazin; A. J. Tetarenko; V. Tudose

doi:10.1093/mnrasl/slaa010

A radio parallax to the black hole X-ray binary MAXI J1820+070

P. Atri, J. C.A. Miller-Jones, A. Bahramian, R. M. Plotkin, A. T. Deller, P. G. Jonker, T. J. Maccarone, G. R. Sivakoff, R. Soria, D. Altamirano, T. Belloni, R. Fender, E. Koerding, D. Maitra, S. Markoff, S. Migliari, D. Russell, T. Russell, C. L. Sarazin, A. J. TetarenkoV. Tudose

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Using the Very Long Baseline Array and the European Very Long Baseline Interferometry Network, we have made a precise measurement of the radio parallax of the black hole X-ray binary MAXI J1820+070, providing a model-independent distance to the source. Our parallax measurement of (0.348 ± 0.033) mas for MAXI J1820+070 translates to a distance of (2.96 ± 0.33) kpc. This distance implies that the source reached (15 ± 3) per cent of the Eddington luminosity at the peak of its outburst. Further, we use this distance to refine previous estimates of the jet inclination angle, jet velocity, and the mass of the black hole in MAXI J1820+070 to be (63 ± 3)°, (0.89 ± 0.09) c, and (9.2 ± 1.3) M_?, respectively.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	L81-L86
Journal	Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society: Letters
Volume	493
Issue number	1
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1093/mnrasl/slaa010
State	Published - Jan 28 2020

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X-rays: binaries
astrometry
high angular resolution
parallaxes
radio continuum: transients
stars: black holes

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Atri, P., Miller-Jones, J. C. A., Bahramian, A., Plotkin, R. M., Deller, A. T., Jonker, P. G., Maccarone, T. J., Sivakoff, G. R., Soria, R., Altamirano, D., Belloni, T., Fender, R., Koerding, E., Maitra, D., Markoff, S., Migliari, S., Russell, D., Russell, T., Sarazin, C. L., ... Tudose, V. (2020). A radio parallax to the black hole X-ray binary MAXI J1820+070. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society: Letters, 493(1), L81-L86. https://doi.org/10.1093/mnrasl/slaa010

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A radio parallax to the black hole X-ray binary MAXI J1820+070

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