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Table B.3.

Parameter constraints from our spectral analysis, with a fit function of "constant*TBabs*relxillCp" for Epoch 1, and a fit function of "constant*TBabs*(powerlaw+slimdz)" for Epochs 2 to 6.

Model Parameter Epoch 1 Epoch 2 Epoch 3 Epoch 4 Epoch 5 Epoch 6
Constant CFPMB 0.96 ± 0.02 1.01 ± 0.03 0.92 ± 0.04 1.00 ± 0.06 - -
CSwift 1.00 ± 0.06 0.95 ± 0.07 0.47 ± 0.08 0.9 ± 0.1 - -
CXMM − Newton - - - 0.79 ± 0.04 - -

TBabs NH (1020 cm−2) [5.0]

powerlaw Γ - 1.38 ± 0.02 1.52 ± 0.05 1.52 ± 0.05 1.7 ± 0.2 -
norm (keV−1cm−2s−1) - (10.0 ± 0.5)×10−4 (4.2 ± 0.4)×10−4 (2.8 ± 0.4)×10−4 (3.7 ± 0.4)×10−6 -

slimdz ( m ˙ Edd $ \dot{m}_{\mathrm{Edd}} $) - - - > 0.5 - < 4.0
θ (°) - - - < 81 - NC
log(M/M) - - - 2 . 4 0.2 + 0.8 $ 2.4_{-0.2}^{+0.8} $ - 2.3 ± 0.9
a - - - > -0.6 - NC

relxillCp θ (°) 74 ± 2 - - - - -
a 0.98 ± 0.01 - - - - -
kTe (keV) 28 ± 8 - - - - -
Γ 1.22 ± 0.02 - - - - -
q 4 ± 2 - - - - -
log(ξ) 3.45 ± 0.06 - - - - -
AFe > 8.0 - - - - -
Reflfrac 11 4 + 21 $ 11_{-4}^{+21} $ - - - - -
log(ρ/cm−3) < 15.2 - - - - -
norm (erg cm−2s−1) (3 ± 2)×10−5 - - - - -

C-stat/d.o.f. 279.5/275 256.8/267 174.0/158 200.2/227 47.0/33 12.2/7

Notes. Parameter values held fixed during the fit are given inside square brackets. We use a constant model to account for differences in normalization between each instrument and fix the constant for NuSTAR/PFMA spectra CFPMA = 1 in each epoch. For the models slimdz and relxillCp, the redshift of AT2018cow (z = 0.01404) is taken. We find that it is only for Epoch 4 that adding a slim-disk component significantly improves the fit compared to only using a power–law model (Table B.2). Nonetheless, we also test a model of a slim disk alone ("constant*TBabs*slimdz") for Epoch 6, as the source becomes much softer at this epoch compared to previous epochs. The symbol "NC" means the parameter cannot be constrained within the allowed range of values (for θ this is 3° ≤θ ≤ 90° and for a this is −0.998 ≤ a ≤ 0.998). See Dauser et al. 2014 and García et al. 2014 for detailed descriptions of relxillCp parameters.

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