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Miller, J. M., Mizumoto, M., Shidatsu, M., Ballhausen, R., Behar, E., Trigo, M. D., … Hayashi, K. (2025). XRISM Spectroscopy of the Stellar-mass Black Hole 4U 1630-472 in Outburst.
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Miller, Jon M., M. Mizumoto, M. Shidatsu, R. Ballhausen, E. Behar, M. Díaz Trigo, C. Done, et al. “XRISM Spectroscopy of the Stellar-Mass Black Hole 4U 1630-472 in Outburst” (2025).
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Miller, Jon M., et al. XRISM Spectroscopy of the Stellar-Mass Black Hole 4U 1630-472 in Outburst. 2025.
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@article{jon2025a,
title = {XRISM Spectroscopy of the Stellar-mass Black Hole 4U 1630-472 in Outburst},
year = {2025},
author = {Miller, Jon M. and Mizumoto, M. and Shidatsu, M. and Ballhausen, R. and Behar, E. and Trigo, M. Díaz and Done, C. and Dotani, T. and García, Javier A. and Kallman, T. and Kobayashi, S. and Kubota, A. and Smith, Randall and Takahashi, H. and Tashiro, M. and Ueda, Y. and Vink, J. and Yamada, Shinya and Watanabe, S. and Iizuka, R. and Terada, Y. and Baluta, C. and Kanemaru, Y. and Ogawa, S. and Yoshida, Tessei and Hayashi, K.}
}
We report on XRISM/Resolve spectroscopy of the recurrent transient and well-known black hole candidate 4U 1630−472 during its 2024 outburst. The source was captured at the end of a disk-dominated high/soft state at an Eddington fraction of λEdd ∼ 0.05 (10 M⊙/MBH). A variable absorption spectrum with unprecedented complexity is revealed with the Resolve calorimeter. This marks one of the lowest Eddington fractions at which highly ionized absorption has been detected in an X-ray binary. The strongest lines are fully resolved, with He-like Fe XXV separated into resonance and intercombination components and H-like Fe XXVI seen as a spin–orbit doublet. The depth of some absorption lines varied by almost an order of magnitude, far more than expected based on a 10% variation in apparent X-ray flux and ionization parameter. The velocity of some absorption components also changed significantly. Jointly modeling two flux segments with a consistent model including four photoionization zones, the spectrum can be described in terms of highly ionized but likely failed winds that sometimes show redshifts, variable obscuration that may signal asymmetric structures in the middle and outer accretion disk, and a tentative very fast outflow (v = 0.026–0.033c). We discuss the impact of these findings on our understanding of accretion and winds in stellar-mass black holes and potential consequences for future studies.