# Accretion Flow Properties of Swift J1753.5-0127 during its 2005 outburst

## TL;DR

This study analyzes the spectral and timing evolution of the 2005 outburst of Swift J1753.5-0127 using RXTE data, revealing persistent hard states and estimating the black hole mass.

## Contribution

It provides detailed physical flow parameters and classifies the outburst states using the TCAF model, highlighting the source's unique spectral behavior.

## Key findings

- The source remained in hard spectral states throughout the outburst.
- QPOs and accretion rate ratios helped classify the spectral states.
- Estimated black hole mass range is 4.75 to 5.90 solar masses.

## Abstract

Galactic X-ray binary black hole candidate Swift~J1753.5-0127 was discovered on June 30 2005 by Swift/BAT instrument. In this paper, we make detailed analysis of spectral and timing properties of its 2005 outburst using RXTE/PCA archival data. We study evolution of spectral properties of the source from spectral analysis with the additive table model {\it fits} file of the Chakrabarti-Titarchuk two-components advective flow (TCAF) solution. From spectral fit, we extract physical flow parameters, such as, Keplerian disk accretion rate, sub-Keplerian halo rate, shock location and shock compression ratio, etc. We also study the evolution of temporal properties, such as observation of low frequency quasi-periodic oscillations (QPOs), variation of X-ray intensity throughout the outburst. From the nature of the variation of QPOs, and accretion rate ratios (ARRs=ratio of halo to disk rates), we classify entire 2005 outburst into two harder (hard-intermediate and hard) spectral states. No signature of softer (soft-intermediate and soft) spectral states are seen. This may be because of significant halo rate throughout the outburst. This behavior is similar to a class of other short orbital period sources, such as, MAXI~J1836-194, MAXI~J1659-152 and XTE~J1118+480. Here, we also estimate probable mass range of the source, to be in between $4.75 M_\odot$ to $5.90 M_\odot$ based on our spectral analysis.