Ratheesh, AjayDovčiak, MichalKrawczynski, HenricPodgorný, JakubMarra, LorenzoVeledina, AlexandraSuleimanov, Valery F.Cavero, Nicole RodriguezSteiner, James F.Svoboda, JiříMarinucci, AndreaBianchi, StefanoNegro, MichelaMatt, GiorgioTombesi, FrancescoPoutanen, JuriIngram, AdamTaverna, RobertoWest, AndrewKaras, VladimirUrsini, FrancescoSoffitta, PaoloCapitanio, FiammaViscolo, DomenicoManfreda, AlbertoMuleri, FabioParra, MaximeBeheshtipour, BanafshehChun, SoheeCibrario, NicolòLalla, Niccolò DiFabiani, SergioHu, KunKaaret, PhilipLoktev, VladislavMikušincová, RomanaMizuno, TsunefumiOmodei, NicolaPetrucci, Pierre-OlivierPuccetti, SimonettaRankin, JohnZane, SilviaZhang, SixuanAgudo, IvánAntonelli, Lucio A.Bachetti, MatteoBaldini, LucaBaumgartner, Wayne H.Bellazzini, RonaldoBongiorno, Stephen D.Bonino, RaffaellaBrez, AlessandroBucciantini, NiccolòCastellano, SimoneCavazzuti, ElisabettaChen, Chien-TingCiprini, StefanoCosta, EnricoRosa, Alessandra DeMonte, Ettore DelGesu, Laura DiMarco, Alessandro DiDonnarumma, ImmacolataDoroshenko, VictorEhlert, Steven R.Enoto, TeruakiEvangelista, YuriFerrazzoli, RiccardoGarcia, Javier A.Gunji, ShuichiHayashida, KiyoshiHeyl, JeremyIwakiri, WataruJorstad, Svetlana G.Kislat, FabianKitaguchi, TakaoKolodziejczak, Jeffery J.Monaca, Fabio LaLatronico, LucaLiodakis, IoannisMaldera, SimoneMarin, FrédéricMarscher, Alan P.Marshall, Herman L.Massaro, FrancescoMitsuishi, IkuyukiNg, Stephen C.-Y.O’Dell, Stephen L.Oppedisano, ChiaraPapitto, AlessandroPavlov, George G.Peirson, Abel L.Perri, MatteoPesce-Rollins, MelissaPilia, MauraPossenti, AndreaRamsey, Brian D.Roberts, Oliver J.Romani, Roger W.Sgrò, CarmeloSlane, PatrickSpandre, GloriaSwartz, Douglas A.Tamagawa, ToruTavecchio, FabrizioTawara, YuzuruTennant, Allyn F.Thomas, Nicholas E.Trois, AlessioTsygankov, Sergey S.Turolla, RobertoVink, JaccoWeisskopf, Martin C.Wu, KinwahXie, Fei2024-04-102024-04-102024-03-20Ratheesh, Ajay, Michal Dovčiak, Henric Krawczynski, Jakub Podgorný, Lorenzo Marra, Alexandra Veledina, Valery F. Suleimanov, et al. “X-Ray Polarization of the Black Hole X-Ray Binary 4U 1630–47 Challenges the Standard Thin Accretion Disk Scenario.” The Astrophysical Journal 964, no. 1 (March 2024): 77. https://doi.org/10.3847/1538-4357/ad226e.https://doi.org/10.3847/1538-4357/ad226ehttp://hdl.handle.net/11603/32986A large energy-dependent X-ray polarization degree is detected by the Imaging X-ray Polarimetry Explorer (IXPE) in the high-soft emission state of the black hole X-ray binary 4U 1630–47. The highly significant detection (at ≈50σ confidence level) of an unexpectedly high polarization, rising from ~6% at 2 keV to ~10% at 8 keV, cannot be easily reconciled with standard models of thin accretion disks. In this work, we compare the predictions of different theoretical models with the IXPE data and conclude that the observed polarization properties are compatible with a scenario in which matter accretes onto the black hole through a thin disk covered by a partially ionized atmosphere flowing away at mildly relativistic velocities.20 pagesen-USThis work was written as part of one of the author's official duties as an Employee of the United States Government and is therefore a work of the United States Government. In accordance with 17 U.S.C. 105, no copyright protection is available for such works under U.S. Law.Public DomainText